MOORE'S RURAL NEW * YORKER, 
AN OUlorXAi WKKKLY 
Kl/RAL, LITERARY aNIi FAMILY NRWSPAJ’BR. 
CONDUCTED BY D. D. T. MOORE, 
HENRY B. RANDALL, LL. D,, 
Hdltor of th« Dnparrmcnt of Sbaap Husbandry. 
SPECIAL OONTIUBUTOltH, 
P. BARKY, C. DEWEY, LL. D., 
H. T. BROOKS, L. B. LAND WORTH Y, 
T. C. I'BTKKS, y RWAUD WEBSTER. 
The Ritual Nsw-YoKunn |g dt'iiijjnitii to bo nnsur- 
pasBOd lu Valno, rarity, und Variety of Contents, and 
in n few days niter the grub (ptjpn) bus parted 
with Its flying Cicada, the females lay their eggs in 
the twigs of oak, apple, ash, Are., of the lust year’s 
growth. Ms egg depositor 1 ms attached a cutter 
or saw-teeth, so that It opens a furrow through 
the bark and wood to the pith, an inch or two 
In length where It lays from ten to twenty eggs, 
and also ruts the twig crosswise at the bottom 
circuit of the tree Is made. This will be most 
easily done at. about three feet from the ground, 
and if well done but one circle of incision will 
be needed to secure the death of the tree. Some 
persons make a double circle, but this la not. 
necessary, except In rare Instances. If the tree 
ABOUT BINDING GRAIN. 
There Is considerable diversity among farmers 
in the mode of binding their grain alter the 
cradle or reaper has performed its otllce. It is 
difficult, without grain to aid In the Illustration, 
to explain any system of binding,—hence the 
EDITED' BY flJCNKY 
RANDALL. LL. 
length where it lays from ten to twenty eggs, bns an uneven surface, or is fluted near its base, to explain any system of binding,-henre the 
am also cuts the twig' crosswise at the bottom bo incisions should be made correspondingly apprehension that what, follows will prove too 
ol the egg.depo.lt. While the eggs are being higher, going up on one side of the cavity and obscure to be Instructive or bcnctWul 
batched, the leaves and limb from the furrow down ou 1 he other till the elr. u is met and com- „ 
die, nnd the winds help break off the dead twig, l'^ted. August Is thought, tube the best month . tt 'f " y lu " two mf!,bod3 of 
which thus carries the young Insects to the »n which to perform this labor, though any other !! ’ * 5 ; t 0 ( , W 4 f ’ ,I 7 k/ 7 ’ tho band " IKl nv,r 
earth. Thence they pass Into the ground as will do,—the g'reat point being to cut off the /" ."!y' \ . rB | tloeB 1,s work well, but is 
* ppo . ar,1 ” cw - **• contactor their homo for near seventeen years, take on the ''Vernal coating of the body operated upon. 
ZZ JJ 5 SK, f0rm » lar «?’ *}">»* an inch long, and From .lx to te n year- will suffice to rmider tha 
ltUBM.au eminently Reliable Outdo on all tim important uro occas,0DI,1, y ,OUIItl liy digging into the earth ,ilnlH -' r sufficiently dead to be cleared oil'. 
To Correspondents. — Mr. Randall's address la 
Cortland Vtllngo, Cortland Co., N. Y. All commnnlca- 
ttous Intended for this Dapartment, and all Inquiries 
relating to sheep, should be addressed to him as above. 
There are substantially but. two methods of---- 
grain binding, to wit., under the hand and over MORE ABOUT "SPOTS.” 
the thumb. The Urst does Its work well, but is —_ 
flow; the last does it equally well and is fast A A “Vermont Breeder,” In answer, it would 
and hence the preferable one. This only will be appear, to what we said on the subject of spots 
considered, and if possible explained. Let the on the noses of Merino sheep, (May 13,) asks us 
binder, on approaching the gavel, take material If we will “bo good enough to name any cole* 
for the band from the top, and not pull it from bruted mm of tho early Atwood or Infnntado 
the center, ns Is often done to the derangement *tock which had red or brown spots on the nose, 
of lie balance; hold It. up in front In the left or c “ rs tipped with those, colors?” With tho 
hand, clasped directly around under tho heads of greatest pleasure, we will name not. only one but 
the gruln ; with the right hand part, the mass In several. According to the recollections of those 
the center as nearly as maybe; pass tho right who saw him often, Old Black, bred by Mr. 
band quickly under and over tbe left till the two Atwood, and the sire of the world-renowned 
section* of the band are secured together be- Wooster ram, had red or brown tipped ears. It 
mi**!, mi imunKiuiy Rename Outdo on all tlm Important . . * "•> U, «uing imo me earth 
Practical, Schmuflr. a ml other Bahtect* Intimately 1,1 11,0 depth of one to four feet. The animal 
coun-ctmi with the bnftnc. -,r tno»o wno»« toterc»u tt employ* live or six weeks In this last and final 
MBloiwly iKivm aU*. Aa a Family Joohnal It 1* eml- onerution In th* i. i »i . 
nently ln»oruetlv« und Entertaining—being ru conducted , !n ,Ik nlr * “ ,ltl tb, -' r ' dies leaving its 
tlmt it can be »«Wy inknn to tho Homo* of people of yono * to I '" 88 through the operation* for so 
lnt«UlK.mco,t.wto,inrt discrimination. It Ombracea more many yenrs. At the end neurlv of u.g, n 
lummitmir.', mmo and dlBcrlmtnaUon. It embrace* more 
Horticultural. Kolentlfle, K'lueatlonal, Literary and New* 
Matter, lnloraperMMl with appropriate Engravings, than 
any oilier journal,— rendering It tar the moat complete 
Aobioultphal. J.rntttABY anl. Family Nbw«j*ai»e k In 
America. 
CICADA SEPTENDECEM. 
ruts eunlotis Insect wa* thus named by Lin- 
n.hi s more than a canfury ago, for ho was 
many years. At the end nearly of seventeen 
year., the myriads of grubs eomu to the mirrucu 
ua before, it hogs have access to the grounds, 
they cat multitudes of them in tho few days be¬ 
fore tho grubs leave and are leaving the earth. 
The common fowls, and some other birds and 
! animals that are cnrnlverou.-, unite in tbe least. 
The manufacturer has even formed them Into 
tolerable soap. The grub (pupa) lias no slight 
resemblance to one commonly seen lu our yard 
ol chins in MftV. which chai>u u s 
June bugs. ’ 
The advantages of this proves* arc two-fold— 
a saving of labor, und an Improvement of the 
soil. It will save labor, because the trees which 
may bu left standing at the end of that period 
will require but little labor In felling; the limbs 
and brush will have disappeared, having fallen and 
rotted on the ground, while that which remains 
can he lulled and thrown Into heaps with one section* ol the band are secured together be- 
T hl ^ Wtni ‘ d bc ref « ulrul ^een the lingers and thumb In form resembling 
i kar otf the timber In tbe ordinary way. The the lost character in tbaalnhah.it. nw,™ h... 
hand, clasped directly uround under tho heads of 
the gruln ; with the right hand part the mass In 
the center 09 nearly as maybe; pass the right 
baud quickly under and owr tbe left, till the two 
soil, being relieved from the draft muda upon 
It by tbe tens of thou muds of Interlacing roots 
by which vitality was supplied to the forest lu 
its original otute, will have necessary 
the decaying timber wws (/..,• 
ground where girdling been performed. 
tween tho lingers and thumbfu form resembling I s certain that the Woo-fer ram’s ears were go 
the last character In tho alphabet. Change tho colored, and that, he had numerous red or brown 
bund, now completed, to the right hand, pans- spots on th* nose. A largo portion of his get 
Ing one end of It quickly under the gavel to the were marked more or less In the same way. fie 
lelt, letting the end project upwards between was the sire of four celebrated rams, Young 
the thumb and lingers; give a smart upward Matchless, Old (ireasy, Kossuth, and the Fine 
r7, '* .’“M luiud. ths Ran* mn Ram, all of which had these -pots to a certain 
In the hollow loriued by tlw thumb und fore- «u-.n..c..„, c , rt „u lv (wo are not 
linger; with tho right give the bond one swrlng informed In this particular as to '^snuth wh 
or twist, and with the thumb or whole hand went to Ohio,) frequently re-trunsnilttod'them 
pass the twisted end under the band, and the to their progeny. Old Wrinkly, got by Old 
work Is done. This explanation may not be Greasy, and Little Wrinkly, got by Old Wrinkly, 
very lucid, but a few trials will render tho both had “ tho spot*.” The first was the grand 
jgP T: ,,mn " 7“ Utry a «°- For bo was The living ol this Insect for near seventeen «round where girdling \W been perlorrued. Huger; with the right give the band one swrlng '“formed In tbVs'pttrriciXrT^tO 1 S (W ®‘ r ° “ 0t 
informed It appeared only once lu seventeen tbe earth, Is considered wonderful. The Ibis advantage Is about fifty per cent,, making or twist and with the thumb or wlmb. l , went to Ohio ) frn uenriv r .. „ 
rr 11 "T ,0 '"}'** .. . .. 'T T "■ f “""' ,Vn "‘ **■'■ •• .. ..g In tllu n.l^bborbood of Mv.ntyi to 11" vS™ 
,rfr ^ ^ of But, flv.pcro.nt, »ork I. too. This «pUa.tlJn », u 0««r. »»•' UtttoWrinUj, SSmow WA.U? 
, M 1118 , ' 8 » 0 t a loenst— lor tho * »ould they pass at nl! Into tho earth, for one There Is a third consideration worthy of atten- very lucid, but a few trials will render the both hud “ tho spots.” Tbe first was the grand 
trueioe^st’ ^ B^OPP^r, City-dld Md year or more? Beeauso the Creator hw so con- lion, which Is, that while the timber is in pro- operation as easy as lu practice will expeditious * iro . “'“1 the second tbe sire of Mr. IIam- 
., ,? *’ a ™ Ut} ‘ n >‘ ll ”Mabl«Jaw*for •'Ututed; and it He shall constitute it no that Its cess of decoy, tho ground, iu a year or two, and satisfactory. Take two men of equal phy$l- mond’s Sweepatakes. We presume a “ Vermont 
' J . UtUl0 Glt'ndaand tho related In- position and means of living, it* higher growth becomes carpeted with grass, supplying summer cal ability and practice In grain bimlin- ■‘let Breeder” known* whether the above rams ire 
mobo^Un 10 III* °n 0nlya Hhort nn< l udvanceinent, are secured to tho animal, for food for cattle, and when cleared the roots of ene bind under the hand and the other over the titled to be considered “celebrated” among 
p ds or sucker l.y which it may live on the seventeen years, or one winter In many cases, the trees and the stump# of the smaller.class thumb, und the lalter will perform one third If “Infimtado stock ! ” 
tLT.av 'I t, U ! ‘° ,0n8y ’ tle i W ° r ™ 1 uc, l a R e of 0r ,l ! r “ ft ' w 5 0um !“ others - W||CJ «ay the will have become so far decomposed as to admit not one-ball' more work than the former. A friend at our elbow puts this verbal nues- 
tho kaus This dlilemire puts the Cicada Into Roodncsa and contrivance, und adaptation of tho plow at once, with* but few and Inconslder-____ tlon to ua : - “ Do you Include U,u+ snoU, on 
flifk-rerj order from that of tho locust. While means to a great end, have too slow a course or able Interruptions. In short, by this process a TURNIP CULTURF ,l - *««l vara In the same category-do voj 
ho Insect occurs h, different years In many too long a period to manifest the Divine wisdom. Urge amount of hard labor is saved; the quality TURNIP CULTURE. consider them compatible with absolute >Jlt£ 
1'tood that'!,! tho iilmA rt| 0 ?^ii '* t0 bc ' ! ind<Jr ‘ Wc Bt '° 755* rr ° V !1 ( ; n for , tl, ° »*>d pro- of the land materially Improved, ami the process A whiter in the Canada Farmer gives his pro- of Merino blood ? ” Wo answer both questions 
k frmitrcn i • // ''' 7 ;v°7 U . r | 0t is y »‘ <V gn ?h ° ifo ftro lal<i U I’ 1,1 ,h « depths of tbo of clearing beuvily timbered lands greatly cess of cultivating Turnips, and the profitable distinctly and unhesitatingly In th© affirmative. 
*””*.***. iB En « llBl1 c. d. simplified. and satisfactory results attained, as follows J They are fur less common than the red or 1^1 
the leaves. This dlfl'ereneo puts the Cicada Into 
a different order from that of the locust. While 
tho Insect occurs In different years in many 
places, as will be shown soon, It Is to bu under¬ 
stood that at the same place It occurs only omr 
lu wmtfcn yean r. Uarvent Fly is the English 
mune of several species of Cicada. In tlio Uxed 
year It often extends over only a small tract, 
generally a few acres, sometimes less than on©; 
ami rimy appear at considerable distances over 
large tracts, changes Its locality very little, and 
that dependent on change of trees or forest; oe- 
cnrsln vast multitudes, thousands on thousands 
n.» ■ . ... 
Not*,— 1 . Our “Dog-day Harvest Fly,” Cicada can- The writer of this once “took up” or articled, 
one bind under the hand and tho other over the entitled to be considered “celebrated” among 
thumb, und tho lalter will perform one-third if tho “Infautado stock! ” 
not one-half more work than the former. A friend at our elbow puts this verbal queg- 
■ — — — tlon to us: — “ Do you luclude bhu'lc spots on 
TURNIP CULTURE. n08c llnd L ' ar * category— do you 
-—— ’ consider them compatible with absolute purity 
A writer in the Canada Farmer glvus his pro- Merino blood ? ” We answer both questions 
cess of cultivating Turnips, and the profitable distinctly and unhesitatingly in tho affirmative, 
and satisfactory results attained, as follows:— T llc J’ ftr « hir less common than the red or brown 
“ I lay on 30 wagon loads of dung per acre, in but they have appeared occasionally iu all 
IculatU of Hr. liAiuui, appears near 86 th of July, u ft fifty acre lot of land on which a squatter bad the lft<tf,r l ‘ ,ul of September, or tho beginning Emilies of tlio Merino which we ever saw, and 
U (1 muv T>*t ieu I-' lit Vi. V V? rr n ° n * ’ ! ,HUh !'T r ' nml m l " kc * 11 COftl '’ 1 '' rotl Sb grating, in- planted himself tome ten years previously. He 01 °‘‘ to,J< ' r ’ “ nd P Iow 11 1111(1 or as soon as It Is from llu! tlm© wo first saw them down to tho 
irge tracts chances Its inrnlltvv. ™ mti* ^ i’ * 1, ' lll, ‘ r 1,ut v<,ry d ffi'«rent cleared oil about half un acre and girdled the *P r « aiL If th© land lain a dirty, grassy state, present day. It la not, perhaps, remarkable that 
ursln vast multitudes, thousands on thousands Clnu,a - oth " r known L the United lby The labor of clearing these five P low . or cultivate .us soon as the weeds begin cullftrltles; but It Is remarkable thatthoy should, 
ho mules endowed with a sounding Instrument 8tat * 8 . bnt none of them turn tbe "power of leaping." Wfl ® not equal to that required on n half to grow, about the middle of June, then harrow, i unaft ny'n 8 tanec»,bo*ore«dytodcnyth©lroxist- 
r drum placed just below tho root of the wiiiL- 8 . Whether tho grubs Injure tree* by feeding on '“' r « green timber. To theso five acres “nd roll with * heavy roller, sowing the seed tbe anc0, Wo stood in a friend’s flock last winter, 
y which a drumming or buzzlmr so II ** ' thclrret,u y° l be ssccrtntned. weru milled by felling the timber in the winter »'‘tnc day on the level, with a brush drill. I set wh en this question came up. llu had “never 
ucod so strong from such multitudes ^8151° ---- and clearing It off In the spring, Tho whole the coulter ofthe drill '1 Inches below the. wheels, » black spot anywhere on one of Ills sheep” 
card for a half mile or more has not ahead BEGINNING IN THE WOODS-CLEARING W “ P rL ‘P arL ' d and I’ lunUd to and the tbul will be deposited that depth ~ noth , e! VV lthln a minute we pointed out to 
»r eating oven leaves and Is uot known t v Z LAND - re#ult WU8 thut the new >y chopj>ed land produced tmdcr tbe surface- Sufficient loose soil rails In “ lm a circular blnck spot three-sLxteenths of an 
g to produce anvlnlurv to vocutat Ion. am . about thirty bushels of corn to tho acre, while after the coulter to cover the seed. I sow 2 lb*. in ch In diameter on the ear of one of his favorite 
" t wo* dint [net und Ji.iiidi i ’ * lK ' l ‘ rrt Ah ,bo Rt’HAi. often Hilda Its way into sections the girdled portion tell u little short of eighty of fiCod P er acre. In sowing a largo breadth of owt ‘*- " T o fo,md a small black spot ou the lip 
IC . ° T !“u 01 • mmt V ' ,bt ' r “ 1 ‘rl.ucval fore. 1 . yn hold b^cU. turn],.. It I. Mhr to ... tho ..ed at th™, or <* ««»«. <>“ ««~l. .0 .hotlrd Um a more 
Hues iii) out of the earth it"! '' MIK ' IU ’' 1 ,Wft y> lt may not be amiss to make a few re- *'* - four different times, ou account of the hoeing or less distincttrace of black running along tho 
ay or beslnnlmr of Im„. in ,,7 ,nark * lu re,er0DC0 t0 tbe bl! st method of dis- MILKING C0W8. Iu order to test the quality of tho seed, Ukottvo u PP‘ !r ed K° of ‘ b c 'ower eyelid! 
10 P ° 81UK 0f tbU lncumbrum e. In old sctUed - or six seeds, and lay them on a pleci of stem Tbo of the Lute Kcuhnson ram, an 
*kn* Itself to u st uin n ur I . H °° n coun1rb ‘ R or diatrlcta, the question Is liow to All farmers know there is considerable differ- wrapping paper, und crush the seed With a hard anlraid of stainless pedigree, and probably as 
one or fence aid j * i' .77'."!- ' ° F pre * erw t,nj l»er; In primitive oues, how most enee In cows with respect to the ease and celerity substance. If the seed Is good It will stain tho Rood a stock ram as tho American I'aulurs ever 
loro'eomeslbrth the beautiful'V ' economically to destroy It. The last could of with which they cun be iullk d. From some paper over twice its size, as good turnip seed boa * ted of - frequently showed black on thclr 
x lvaged red-eyed ins • t “'“ winged uud course bo done by u free and persistent u«o or the milk Is extracted easily, u illu from others contain© 40 p«r cent, of oil. It will pay to grow n 0 i, c 8 < untl they sometime© showed It to tliat 
'hg, soon'able to flv hut '•'"i 0 ^ i 1 ,' 1 ".,!. 111 ' K ' J f bft t great leveller, the ax, uldevl by dry weather it is obtained, u« It were, grudgingly and with turnips. Our turnip crop hue averaged over 000 oxtont "lileli Is popularly termed "smutty 
cullty au obU'Kt Ilf' WO u, ‘ l to 11,0 and tiro ; but this method requires th® expend!- muck labor. Tbe Unit requlslti In the operation bushels jier acre, for the last tlvo year*, and no 8 t ’d.” According to our recollection the old 
ich peculiar noise. ’ lU " 11,0 l ’ ftUf ' U ° f ,uro of mucb “ nd pcotmeted physical exertion, of milking, Is to place yourself ou iv friendly I builicUper iicro Is notnu uncooiiuoucrop. I^tns Robinson rum bltnsclf hud ouch spotd* 
Tbn proolk (>l u» tt* A man of locutlng In tho hack- footing with the animal from which the lacteal ' ruruJ P* worth .5 cents per bushel for fatten- T, *° P uro ^rottl Marlnoe, Just imported Into 
(YU been e.di,.„i., i i,7 A 7*, ^ “I'pcuirimcc woods for the purpose of creating a homo for current la to bo obtained. A lusty, passionate ln < cattle, and that would give *30 per aero for lbls country from Australia, descended directly 
tho males endowed with a sounding Instrument 8tatei '' ,JUt uonc ° r tbom h " 8 «*>*» "power of leaping.” 
or drum placed just below tho root of tlio witiL's 8 ‘ "'‘ether the grubs Injure trees by feeding on 
by which a drumming or buzzing sound Is pro! thclr rouUI " yot t0 ,iy “■‘^rtaffied. 
from tho time wo first >«w them down to tho 
present duy. It Is uot, perhaps, remarkable that 
so many persou* overlook or forget these little pe¬ 
culiarities ; but It Is remarkable that they should, 
iu many Instances, bo mo ready to deny their exist¬ 
ence. Wo stood In a friend’s flock last winter, 
when this question carao up. llu had “uover 
BEGINNING IN THE WOODS-CLEARING 
LAND. 
dueed so strong from such multitudes us to be 
heard for a half mile or more; lias not ahead 
for fitting even leaves, and is uot known by eat¬ 
ing to produce any Injury to vegetation; appears 
of twcftllstlnet und delluito sizes, oue about ft 
fourth linger than in tome places; ns a grub, It 
tomes up out of the earth tlio latter part of 
May or beginning of June, In this latitude of 10 
degrees, and cnrller In the Southern States- soon 
Mens Itself to a Mump, or tree, or log, or 
*tone, or fence, ami, as Its back cracks open, 
there comes forth the beautiful, four-wluged und 
six-legged, red-eyed Insect, more tbau an lueh 
long, soon able to fly, but confines Itself to tlio 
locality, un object of wonder, and the cause of 
such peculiar noise. 
uuyo utmn otu\i>( \fu\ i»v n* ii.. , .. * a - .«”vu*v *v» .^ 
writers, aud Im decUlvi. t ' “ ' tt,ld other himself and such responsibilities as muy be or cross persou wlU always mukd a poor milker. 
them. This locust, am,eared In n,i"‘“ fk ! 5' W 7 lbrowu U I )0U bl ® protection, will find a free and It requires patlceee and klndm* to break n cow 
Orange county, N Y In 177', I -iJUn'!“ I>ttt,ont nM of ,be Indispensable to tho ac* i». 8 '"> «ood usage thcreatt.r to make her 
«t Marietta, Ohio ' in'lVT, IHl*> , 1 com P lb,bm,mt °* l,ls mlwifon us a pioneer. But mndcr her milk freely. It the rplrnnl is wild or 
Sandwich Muss in r»v' mm ’ twoii , Bt lf bo commeutw c 'l Hn ‘ Uu “* wiU » due fore- skittish the common practice ]«to admlnlst©r a 
Case, Onondaga, ’('iiyuga Lake lirl, t,d Lit *1™' lbou « bt ’ b,K labor8 wdl «row lighter as added heavy dose of milking-stool, w die performing 
Places In Ontario omnty, a7d mt nooh^ r ^ UP potformttoc<f ’ 8evurul drc « lt9 aroi ‘» d lb « «n»UUig-vard. This 
N. Y., In 1 MM, 1H31, 18 - 1 ,m, , UJt i l 8 tW,—at this homo 
render her milk freely. It the salm.l Is wild or A OORREsroN dent 
skittish the commou practice li to administer a C | ul) writing from 
heavy dose of milking .tool, w dle performing the best method of 
our turnips.” 
REMEDY FOR SORREL. 
A CORRESPONDENT of the New York Farmers’ 
Club, writing from Wisconsin, asks What is 
several circuits around tlio milking-yard. This 
•ourso his first aim will tie to prepare a treatment muy, after awhile, brum the cow to a A , 
J».._ Ll..._1/ I f It • i . A .. 1 Alii I A ■ A ..A . 
too beet method of ridding the soil of Hour- 
grass, vinegnr-plant, or sorrel, as It |« culled bv 
present time; in Maryland, In 17 ,pi, 17 ^ tygy 
' N0 °. IH17 « ftI 'd lu Pennsylvania, 170o| 1783,’ 
ls “p, 1317. A straggler Is sometimes seen at 
some Of these places In other years, no doubt, 
because the grub was not acted on by all thojeom' 
mon lorces, and therefore did not mature lu the 
esual time. Only lu these years at a glveu pj ttce 
liavo the*© Cicadas been known to appeur, so 
that In dlll'erent years and lu different places It. 
''mild be true, ” tills Is the yearoftlm resurree- 
" D of tbt ‘ •'••venii i n year*’ locust, It being now 
se\ cut ecu years tdnuu 11 was Inst observed,” 
fiBHL, No one eun pretend Unit tho appearance 
thin Cicada is everywhere in the sume year ol 
the Heventccii, or that It Is so even In the same 
“tidij of t ,ur Union. 
horuo for himself and family, and to clear as 
much ground as will supply food lor their suste¬ 
nance. TIiIb done, ho -liould look ahead and 
prepare to render compare lively easy the work 
ol elring the land of Its timbered iucumbraneo. 
To do tills, let a suction not Intended for iui- 
from the picked animals Imported by King 
(I'soiuiE III. from Spain, exhibit both the browu 
and black spots. The ewe which won the first 
prize at the great Inter colonial Show in Aus¬ 
tralia, has well defined brown spots ou the lips. 
More than half tho lot (seven) exhibit such 
spots. One -bow* ft faint but unmistakable tingo 
of reddish brown over the entire shanks. One 
stand-still, but It will bo one 01 tear and trem¬ 
bling the worst possible condition fora reudy 
rendering of tbe fluid sought. 
Tho opposite of this course * tho true one. 
Approach tho animal kindly, and with soothing 
words allay her fears. Plucv your hand upon 
1 fear and trem- ‘T* trOUWod lm * wdl li, ti,u ‘ d black *P“‘* on the lips, another 
Ion for a ..tv 1 ’ " l l ' U ™ bav " b « l ‘ n trUd ' 8 ‘"' b “ ear, and a lamb dropped bv 
n d ate ( ecupuney be selected, and proceed to her lightly, moving It up and down upon her 
kUl the timber by yirdlingh. 11 the timber Is neck and shoulders. Rub your hand lightly 
o the harder kluils, as beach, maple and the about tho care and nook. She will perhaps 
like, its demise will be comparatively speedy, shiver a little at Urst, eye you suspiciously for u 
Some other vurletles are uioro teuadous of Ilf© time, and then, tuklmr a lomr hr, 01, vL.i.i i„... 
To which Solon Robinson replies: —Have you 
tried dressing tbo land with caustic lime, ut the 
rate of ttdrty bushels of the powdered lime, 
Ireshly slaked, to the acre, spread upon the sur¬ 
face with wheat seed, and harrowed in tlio sumo 
time? Have yon tried wood oshe.- nlni 11 twin 
Mira n i»put on Iiio oar, ami a lamb dropped by 
ono ol' tho owes since their arrival in this 
country, exhibits some black about tlio uoao 
and eyes. 
Wo confess that, of tho two, we should prefer 
sn absence of black spots - particularly ou a 
" lllc wveut. on yoare’ locust, lt being now ud d u , llir(lpr llllt ' * w ‘ " uu lui n - ,aKin K a l0 «K ^‘Mh, yield her- vorlze In winter, and then seedlmr It to timothy 
: cnt.oe„ ymh hhu . 0 it WM luH , olw „7 v , d n Z H tS win 7 f u TT“ 0Ut Wltiwut fUrtb ^r appre- and clover h. the spring ? Afterward, top-dress 
‘"" I "' 1 ' 1111 "n*‘ tbo appearance more to be don© at once, take t«a *fitw Ibr** bo- - - !!°* clUd Btate every autumn with immure free from 
I T un 7 - i0r * b 7 ftar aud b « d »y *MCli»Uon eunuot render her sorrel seed, or dress It with lime, ashes or flnoly 
proS\o Mrffie ^7 't '"“""T **"""] mu,Uy ’ bo, *« tby ■■Wltj of ft powered elay-th© debrL of an old hriok yard 1. 
mul lawitfd blow, mo.l,',r» Jor, U Wk7uu 2 Z-'[n “,^7'“"""'' ‘"‘ a 1 7 IM, . J »• »'Wtcw 
j v me ui iKvd. your land, you may us well emigrate. 
tune ? Have you tried wood ashes, a pint upon stock ram. This Is a matter of taste; and every 
___ --- j>'«. u«uu iiguny each bill of corn or potntooM'' Have vou tried one Is untitled 1 a 1.1 
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Cl » little lit Hi,I. eye you.n.plclou.1, fur. Krone duy of tbo.utiaoll, nod lettlo*tO»t pul- up hi. own t«»ie i„ .. pt " “” t 
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und Clover In the spring? Afterward, top-dress much loss, ns a criterion of purity of blood If 
the grass every autumn with manure free from Mr. A. B. C. chooses to tight black snots or 
sorrel seed, or dress lt with lime, ashes or finely brown, red spots or gray k. the knife ct him 
powiir.il ol.y-Ui. duhrl. of .. old hrioU y.rd I. do I,; h„, fj. .hit Mr A B 0 . c id“” 
Ifood—.ud ll .on,, of th,.., romodlei won't on,„ , h . t „„ „,«p .rr of p„r„ blood whld. e xS“ 
your you ui.y .. wdl ooilun,,,.. nuyof the.o.pol., he l.,iu Isuoruimmor..,,..™ 
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