Georg k Snyder, Rhinebeck, N. Y. No.'b 1 and 2, 
specimens of Inrantado teg wool, about one year old, 
each 2'* inches long; style and quality good, yolk 
medium; samples too email for proper examination. 
No. 3, Silesian and French ram, 3 years old; wool l? 4 ' 
inches long, quality and style superior, yolk abundant 
and yellow. 
H. Talcott, Jefferson, Ashtabula Co., Ohio, sent ns 
a nice specimen of ram teg's wool, but we have mis¬ 
laid it. 
Henry Pkrcey, Arcadia, Wayne Co., N, Y , sends 
ns three samples of wool. No. 1, from a four your old 
Paular ram owned by Lionel Sherwood of Phelps, 
Ontario Co., and A. G. Percey of Arcadia, Wayne Co., 
N. Y. Wool a trifle over two inches long, good fair 
quality and style, very heavily charged with bright 
golden yolk. Ilia fleeces have been as follows: first 
Slbs.; second, 14 lbs.; third, 11 months growth, 20 llis. 
4 ozs.; fourth, just a year's growth, 2!) lbs. 3 ozs. lie 
was got by the Gardner ram out of a ewe purchased 
by J. C. Tart of West Bloomfield, N. Y,, of the 
Messrs. Rich of Rich ville, Yt. The Gardner ram was 
got by the Lute Robinson ram. No. 2 , the property 
of A. G. Pkrcey, got by No. 1. Weight of fleece 
when 13 months aud 10 days old S lbs. 13 ozs,; length 
or woo! 2 ;, inches: quality and style good; but little 
yolk. No. 8, the property of Henry Pkrcey, got by 
No. L Weight of fierce 12 lbs, 4 ozs.; length of wool 
2V inches; quality and etyle good; good medium 
amount of golden colored yolk. 
8 . D. Short, lloneoye. Ontario Co., N. Y., sheared 
a two year old ewe, brook-washed, age of fleece 11 
months 15 days, weight of fleece 15 lbs. 4 o/.-, 
The pedigree of the mixed Paular and Infantado 
ram exhibited and shorn nt the Canandaigua Fair by 
J. C. & S. T. 8 hort of Livonia, Livingston Co., N. 
Y., is as follower He was bred by Wm. R. Pitts, 
Honeoye, N. Y.; wa9 got by Cub, dam by the Woos¬ 
ter ram. Cub was got by Old Dick, dam a ewe got 
by the Pkck & Leach ram out of a ewe bred by J. T. 
& 1". Rich, Old Dick was got by the oid Robinson 
ram. The first fleece of the Messrs. Shorts' ram was 
11) lbs. 12 ozs.; second, at 11# months' growth, 25 lbs. 
4 ozs.; third, 11 months 23 days' growth, 23 lbs. -4 ozs, 
—making an aggregate of 13 lbs. 4 ozs., and an annual 
average of 24 lbs. 6*. ozs. (Will the Messrs. Short 
send us specimens of wool from the shoulder, thigh, 
bosom and belly of this ram containing what they be¬ 
lieve to be the average amount of yolk on those parts. 
—Jin.) 
W. Cook, Battle Creek, Mich., three samples from 
IX to 8X inches long. Nos. 1 and 2 fine. No. 2 of ex¬ 
cellent style. Yolk faintly yellowish, and not very 
abundant. 
The Growing Grots. — Our reports concerning the 
growing and maturing crops continue of the most 
cheering character from all parts of tlic country. 
There is scarcely an exception of any consequence 
from Maine to Minnesota and Canada to California,— 
aud certainly we have not, at this season, received 
such universally encouraging reports for a decade of 
years, The labors of baying and harvesting are pro¬ 
gressing finely in many sections, with faborable wea¬ 
ther and good yields, and the war being over, there is 
no reason why the Americans People should not 
unitedly rejoice andtake courage. 
To Correspondents. — Mr. Randall’s address is 
Cortland Village, Cortland Co., N. Y. AU communi¬ 
cations intended for this Department., and all inquiries 
relating to sheep, should be addressed to him as above. 
INCREASE OF YOLK AND WOOL IN THE 
MERINO. 
A correspondent sends us the following 
among other interrogatories“ Has there been 
■ any actual and material increase in the wool of 
the Merino in this country? Is the apparent 
increase not in gum and oil instead of wool?” 
Wool and yolk —the last composed of what 
our corrcspoudent terms “ gum and oil”—have 
both materially increased in the Merino in this 
country. The increase of yolk has, however, 
speaking generally, been greater in appearance 
than in reality. Nobody thought of sheltering 
the early Merinos of the Cuited States from 
summer rains on purpose to presenv oil (he yolk 
in the wool. Fashion did not then require an ex¬ 
ternal coating on them as black as your hat, or 
that a ram’s fleece should weigh from 20 to 30 lbs. 
Now it does. And as it takes 50, 60, or 15 per 
cent, of yolk to get up these monster fleeces, of 
course that, material must be carefully protected 
from water. This, alas I is as fatal to it as it is 
to “salt and sugar.” And it is these summer- 
housed sheep which are popularly taken as types 
of the improved family. 
breeders we suppose must be allowed to in 
dulge their fancies and have their fashions! 
Short-Horn bulls, blood stallions, and even 
Chester county boars are put in dress-up for 
visitors and buyers, 
An Explanation.— lion. T. C. Peters writes ns 
that his letter to Messrs. Dow & Pow leu relative to 
the Yankee Mower, (published as a special notice in 
our last, issue,) was private and not intended for pub¬ 
lication. Mr, P. promised one of the firm to give the 
Mower a trial and report the result, hut 11 bad not the 
remotest Idea that the letter would be published;” 
and be adds—“I am exceedingly sorry that, it should 
have been published, and particularly so at this time, 
for 1 think the President of the State Ag. Society has 
no business to recommend any machine or implement 
that is likely to be a competitor at any of our shows, 
or any other for that matter.” 
SUSAN 
We do not remember to have seen any state- vation, would know at a glance that, wholly 
rnent by Col. Humphreys in regard to the independently of yolk, tbe best Merinos of the 
weight of the fleeces of his imported sheep and present day possess, speaking greatly within 
their descendants. We h.>ve seen a MS. letter bounds, fifty per cent, more wo A than those of 
t wenty years ago; aud that, if the statements of 
the most reliable writers can be credited, they 
possess one hundred per cent., more than those 
of Spain when imported into this countty. 
They have constantly improved in that particu¬ 
lar from the date of their Introduction into the 
United States down to the present day. The 
wool of the present improved American Merino, 
compared with that grown only twenty years 
ago, is generally half an inch longer, and it is 
also thicker on the back and sides; the improve¬ 
ment in both those respects is much greater on 
the belly; and the fleece far better covers the 
head, legs, and some of the parts underneath. 
We are not left alone to the kind of evidence 
above referred to. A public sheep shearing 
took place at Parke, Indiana, May 27th. It is 
stated in the Prairie Farmer that the wool was 
carefully weighed, 6 C 0 ured in a neighboring 
woolen manufactory, and weighed again, with 
the following results: 
Age of Wt. of Gross wt. 
Sheep. Sheep. of wool. 
Nos. Years. lbs. Oz. lbs. oz. 
Discussions at the State Fair.— It is announced 
that the following topics are to be taken up at the 
next State Fair at Utica, and it Is to be hoped that 
those attending will be prepared to join in their dis¬ 
cussion: 
1. Tuesday Keening, Sept. tit It. — “ Ought Pastures 
for the Dairy i o he kept, permanently in Grass, or lo be 
renewed by Plowing and rc-Socdlag?” X. A. Willard, 
E^q., of Little Falls, will open I lie discussion. 
2. Wednesday Etwniny, — * l Best time for cutting 
£ ras_-, and best inef.nnd of preparing grass for hay.” 
Ion. d. Stanton Gould to open thejdlseusslon. 
3. Thursday Evening .—* Best method of cultivating 
and curing tobacco; l.inds best suited for its culture; 
its value as a crop/’ T. G. Yeomans, Esq., lo open 
the discussion. 
Nobody expects any of tbe 
“improved” animals of the day to continue to 
look, under ordinary treatment, as they do when 
they come, fresh from the hands of tbe breeder, 
like new dimes spick and span from the mint. 
It is lucky if they continue to do as well I Once 
we were inclined to set down this ram fitting as 
a dead shave. But why shall not ram breeders 
be allowed the same privileges in this particular 
with horse, cattle, and all other breeders, bo 
long as the artificiality of the dressing-up is 
equally notorious? Perhaps the buying public 
ought to consider itself well dealt by if this 
artificial condition is not produced in part by 
means positively injurious to tbe constitution of 
the animal. Many a man who has bought a re¬ 
markably showy bull or ram has found out that 
he has bought a spent hot-bed—the constitution 
ruined by pampering — the vital energies all 
burnt out by forcing. Then even continued 
pampering will not long keep up the whited 
sepulchre. But we wander from the point. 
We have said that the wool of the Merino has 
materially increased in this country. Ou tflis 
subject a few facts will prove of more value 
than a good deal of wordy declamation. 
Mr. Youatt says, “The average weight of tht 1 
fleece in Spain is 8 lbs. from the ram, and 5 lbs. 
from the ewe.”* Chancellor Livinoston says, 
“The fleeses of the rams weighs 8jlbs., of 
"the ewes 5 lbs., which loses half in washing.”* 
The selected Negrettis, imported from Spain, 
by George 111. of England, just before the open¬ 
ing of the present century, according to Sir 
Joseph Banks' annual reports from 1798 to 
1802 inclusive, yielded an annual average of 
3 153-247 B>s. of brook-washed , and 2 152-247 fhs. 
of scoured wool. The flock usually consisted of 
about 100, and contained some wethers; but the 
number of the latter is not riven, 
The Wool Market.— From Walter Brown’s Wool 
Circular of July 1st we quote the following:—“We 
may report for the month of June a moderate trade. 
Manufacturers have bought for their immediate wants, 
and have abo secured some choice lots of old wool in 
advance, by purchases that could not now be duplicat¬ 
ed. Prices have been without much variation; early 
in the month some concessions were made, but tbe 
subsequent advance in 
gold, and the aecerlalued 
scarcity of finer grade okl wools, teiided to steady the 
market. During the past week trade has been fairly 
Active, with rates for *i>jne lower Trade npd jailed 
wools rather favoring buyers; for finer qualities prices 
remain unchanged. The unsettled state of the cur¬ 
rency will probably induce a cautions trade daring tUe 
season. On the whole, we consider the unexcited 
state of Uie market eatUTactory. Farmers and holders 
in the West will no doubt in due time meet the ciff j 
rent demand at fair prleee, and it is better for all that, 
without speculation, the business should pnreucits 
legitimate channels. As yet there is no movement of 
consequence in the growing districts, although we 
hear of some purchases in Wisconsin. Iowa, and Illi¬ 
nois. at -UXgi45; in New York aud Michigan nt 4S@50; 
and in Oliioat 50®.(Kb. We wish at this time againto 
call attention of growers and buyers to the fact that 
manufacturers refuse to bay unwashed fleeces aud 
heavy buck fleeces except nt a deduction of one-third." 
Net 
weight, 
lbs. oz, 
4th “ .14 “ 
5th “ .13 “ 
These were brook washed fleeces. | 
Mr. John A. Taintor’s imported French 
Merinos reached this country in 1840, and in 1S43 
3.furor arose iu regard to their great weight of 
fleeces. “ Grandee,” the choicest imported ram, 
which had been used as a stock ram at Ram* 
bouillet, in France, yielded 12% pounds of un¬ 
washed wool at three years old in France. In 
1843 Mr. Taintor’s ewes produced on an average 
6 pounds 9 ounces of unwashed wool, g 
Stephen Atwood of Connecticut, commenced 
with Humphrey's sheep, and was one of the 
most successful of the early improvers of the 
Merinos. In 1845 his ewes yielded 5 pounds of i 
washed wool per'headjhis wethers 6 pounds, and j 
his rams from 
The Best Way to Cure Grass for Hay, 
The New Bedford (Mass.) Mercury says that 
about fourteen years since, Gen. Thompson of 
that town, “who does his own thinking,” re¬ 
flecting upon the mode of hay makiug, was led 
to inquire why it could not be cured as old ladles 
cure herbs, it certainly being as important in 
one ease as in the other, to preserve the juice. 
He accordingly experimented, and soon adopted 
his present system: 
On a good hay day he cuts his grass, leaving 
off about 9% o’clock A. M. His men then de- 
vole themscives to spreading, turning and stir¬ 
ring up the hay, that the air may pass through 
it, and all the external moisture be thoroughly 
dried. After dinner this is done again and con¬ 
tinued t ill about 5 O’clock, when the hay is raked 
into winrows, pitched on to a curt, and stored 
in the barn. Of course if the day is not a good 
one, the hay is cocked and left till the next good 
day. Nothing is done to prevent heating, tho’ 
salt, about four quarts to the tun, is sometimes 
thrown over it, Irom the idea that cuttle will 
better relish the hay; often no salt Is used, aud 
the General does not consider its use at all 
essential. This is the simpLe process. The re¬ 
sult is that iu the spring of the year wo have 
seen clover In his barn, cut the previous summer, 
the heads blushing as if just mown, and breath¬ 
ing as delicious an aroma as when taken from 
tbe field. Of course the grass is not cut until it 
is fully developed—we do not mean dried up. 
We have full faith in Gen. Thompson’s method, 
because its excellence has been thoroughly 
tested. 
Pitching Hay into a Window with a Horse-Fork. 
T» be able to use the horse-fork in pitching 
hay into a window, set a pole, in front, as high 
as the top of the window, and distant the width 
of a load of hay—say 14 feet. Fasten a pulley 
at the top of the pole, aud one at the bottom of 
it. Nall on two braces, or stay-piccis, from the 
top to the side of the building to keep the post 
erect and Arm. Now let the rope juies around 
the pulley, at the bottom of the post, thence 
over the pulley at the top, thence under a pulley 
at the hail of the fork, thence In at the window 
and over a pulley at the opposite end of the loft, 
thence back to the bail of the fork, where it is 
made last. The fork, with its load, will rise as 
high as the window, and theu move off horizon¬ 
tally, to the other side, or end of the loft; or its 
load may be dropped at pleasure. It will make 
no difference where the inside pulley is, if it he 
only placed higher than the window, and several 
feet directly back from it, so that the rope will not 
draw iu one corner. When the window is iu the 
end of toe barn, let the pulley be attached as far 
back as it can be conveniently, and conslderbly 
higher than the top of the window. Windows 
should not be less than 4% feet square, in order 
to admit a forkful freely. Let these directions 
be followed out to the letter, aud any one can 
pnt up this arrangement correctly, even if lie 
has never seen It done before. We once put up 
a horse-fork rigging, with which hay was carried 
horizontally 20 l'cet, and then alter rising 10 feet 
over a beam, was carried onward 40 feet further. 
—A merit an Agrkultu rist. 
We find c certificate signed by Samuel 
Lamb & Co. of the Fort Ann Woolen Mills, 
N. Y., published iu the Country Gentleman, 
June 22d, stating that a fleece had been (re¬ 
cently) cleana/ i by them belonging to Messrs. 
Baker & I]«.rigan of Comstock's Landing, 
N. Y.; tliat^t weighed 28% pounds in gross, 
The owners 
and 7 pou«s after cleansing, 
' state the iltu/'e was just a year old to a day. 
Here we have American Merinos producing 
almost twice as much scoured wool as King 
George's flot-k of Imported Negrettl’s — and 
more scoured wool than the average flocks of 
Spain, or even the select flocks imported from 
that country into the United States, yielded of 
washed wool! 
Y'et we do not consider the Indiana fleeces at 
all extra in the amount they yielded of scoured 
wool. We coafidcntly expect to see them ex¬ 
celled in weight by lighter sheep, when the 
Committee appointed by the N. Y. State Sheep 
Breeders’ and Wool Growers’ Association to 
award the premium ou scoured fleeces, prepares 
its report. (This has been delayed by the illness 
of two members of the Committee.) We pre¬ 
sume that the weight of the above scoured 
ram’6 fleece will not be exceeded, if for no other 
reason, because, owiug to the extreme inclem¬ 
ency of the weather, most of the heavy fleeced 
rams present at the N. Y. Fair were not sheared 
on the ground, and none of the heaviest fleeces 
were entered for the scouring premium. Be all 
this as it may, we are willing to “ rest the case ” 
on the showing already made. 
to 9 pounds. *” 
Our own flock, that of John T. Rich, and a 
few others, equalled, and in some instances 
excelled, Mr. Atwood's in weight of fleece at 
this period,| but his maybe regarded as good 
specimens in this particular of the standard 
sheep of the time. 
About five years later a marked improvement 
commenced in weight of fleeces of the Atwood 
or Infantado sheep, with Mr. Hammond’s ram? 
“Wooster” and “ Young Matchless.” We hu) 
Mr. Hammond’s own authority for the state¬ 
ment made in the Practical Shepherd, (p, U5, i 
that the latter ram made the first great change iu 
his weight of fleeces. “ Wooster ” was dropped 
iu 1849, and yielded at two years old 19% lbs. 
of unwashed wool to about 100 lbs. of carcass. 
“Young Matchless,” got by “Wooster,” was 
dropped in 1S50, and his fleece was 23 lbs. of 
unwashed wool to about 150 lbs. of carcass. 
At the present time we hear of rams’ fleeces 
which weigh, unwashed , from 25 lbs. to 30 lbs., 
and unwashed ewes’ fleeces averaging 10 pounds 
through (small) flocks —and occasional ones 
running up from 15 lbs. to 20 lbs. The Ran¬ 
dall and Hall ram, bought at the late N. Y, 
State Sheep Fair, by Josiah C. Taft, of West 
Bloomfield, N. Y., and Jeptha A. Potter of 
Penn Y’an, N. Y., produced, we are credibly 
informed, 30% lbs. of wool at his subsequent 
shearing. Of the precise age of the fleece we 
are not apprised. A two year old ram publicly 
sheared at that Fair, aud whose fleece was a 
trifle under a year old, produced a little over 
29 lbs. Pitts’ and Wiley’s S year old ewe 
“Empress,” fleece nine days over a year old, 
produced 18 lbs. 9 oz. Her third fleece weighed 
21 lbs. 5 oz. 
Are these monster fleeces composed of ap¬ 
proximately clean wool? Most assuredly not. 
The owners of the sheep would ask nobody to 
make so absurd and hypocritical a pretence for 
them. They and all the other growers of Me¬ 
rino wool in the land perfectly well know that 
such fleeces contain yolk — or, in other words, 
“gum aud grease”—almost by the bucketful! 
All such persons know that one of those two or 
three days’ heavy rains which sometimes fall, 
would dissolve away a good portion of this 
W'eigbt. But alter rains, or washings, or scour* 
ings had removed all this yolk, still very heavy 
fleeces of wool would be found remaining. Every 
man familiar with Merino sheep who has eyes, 
and who possess respectable accuracy of obser- 
t Fine Wool Husbandry, p. 48. 
t Albany Cultivator, 1841, p. 26. 
$ American Agriculturist 1813; Fine Wool Hus¬ 
bandry, p. 50. 
5 See hia letter to L. A. Morrel, American Shepherd, 
p, 427. Mr. A. states that hia heaviest rani’s fleece In 
18-10 was 12 lbs. 4 ozs. This is so greatly at variance 
wit h his other weights that wt* presume the fleece was 
washed, though If so he accidentally omitted to men¬ 
tion that fact. 
t See Fine Wool Husbandry (Van JU-ntlmyscn’s 
editiou) pp. 48, 54, and Transactions of N. State Ag, 
Society, 1844. 
Ohio Wool Premiums. 
In compliance with a reso¬ 
lution passed at the last State Agricultural Conven¬ 
tion, the Ohio State Board of Agriculture offer the 
following Premiums—with a view to ascertain the 
amount of shrinkage in unwashed wool: 
For the heaviest fleece of scoured wool produced 
by a Ram. ...$20 
For the heaviest fleece of scoured wool produced 
by an Ewe... 20 
Tlie fleeces to be sent In an unwashed state to the 
Agricultural Rooms in ColnmbQ9 previous to August 
1st, accompanied by a pedigree of the sheep which 
produced them, and affidavit settingforth tho time and 
tnaunerof shearing in 1804 aud 1805, that the fleece 
presented is the production of one sheep in that time, 
the weight of sheep after shearing, condition of the 
same, and manner of keeping for tho past year. With 
the fleeces of Ewes, per ties will be required to state 
whether they have suckled Iambs the present season— 
with aged ewes, if they did so In 1684. In making 
awards, dno regard will be paid to the per centage of 
wool produced, compared with the live weight of tbe 
animal. The Committee will carefully weigh and 
number each fleece, sending them to be scoured with¬ 
out the name of the owner. The awards will be made 
and tbe fleeces exhibited at the State Fair, Sept. 12lh 
and 15tb, after which they will be returned to their 
respective owners. 
MR. MEECH’S INFANTADO EWE “SUSAN 
Cicada Septendkcisi, Again. — Facts Wanted.— 
The buzzing, drumming Harvest Fly, has the above 
scientific name, when correctly written. Much has 
been published on Ur- history and peculiarities. Does 
It In any way Injure vegetation ? This is the question 
which needs now to he determined. That the Cicada 
does not eat leaves or limbs of trees, Is settled. The 
destruction of the extremities of the twigs In which 
their eggs are deposited, are said not lo bo injurious 
at. all by many whose trees have been used freely by 
the Cicadas, while others suspect that much Injury 
must be effected in this operation. This matter ought 
to be examined into carefully in this and the next two 
or three years or more. Some trees must have lost 
much more foliage than others, and, If actually injured, 
will have the Indelible proofs. As the pupa (grub) 
llveB so many years under ground, and from its large, 
full growth, finds abundant food, some maintain that 
the grubs feed on the roots of trees. At the late Hor¬ 
ticultural Meeting, a member stated on this particular 
point, that in New Jersey the owners of the orchards 
which the seventeen-year Cicadas frequent, expect no 
or few apples In the two years preceding their appear¬ 
ance, while the seventeenth year abounds in fruit lo 
the same orchards. In our vicinity no such result* 
have been announced. Persons who can make relia¬ 
ble statements on the facts, will, it is hoped, feel the 
obligation of making them public. A word to the 
wise.—c. d. 
Ezra Mjbkch of Shelburne, Vt., writes us: 
The ewe Susan (a cut of which accompanies this) 
was got by Mr. N. A. Saxton’s ram Prince out 
of a ewe bought of Mr. IIammond in 1801. 
Prince was got by Mr. Saxton’s America out of 
a Hammond ewe. America was bred by Mr. 
Hammond, and got by Sweepstakes. Susan’s 
two first fleeces weighed respectively 18 pounds 
and 14 pounds, being clipped each year, on the 
2d ol May. I sheared at the last named date two 
ewe tegs, which yielded 12 pounds and 12>f 
pounds. One was dropped on the 23d, and the 
other on the 28th of March, 1804. Both were out 
Of Hammond’s ewes by my Everett ram, who 
is brother of Prince above named. I have now 
about one hundred ewes bought or bred directly 
from Mr. Hammond's stock.” 
CONDENSED CORRESPONDENCE, ITEMS, &c 
Samples or Wool, Weights or Fleeces. — A 
specimen of teg wool forwarded to us by our old friend 
Gen. Marshall of Wheeler, Steuben county, N. Y, 
Is 2 s ,, inches long; of fine style, and just about the 
rigla quality for profit; yolk not very abundant and 
of it pale golden tinge; weight of fleece 10 lbs. 7 yz.% 
The teg was got by the ruin “Compact,” belonging to 
Messrs Maw-hall & Sticknky. His stock is giving 
high satisfaction. 
T. S. Steele, Shuahan, Washington Co., N. 
sends us a sample of wool from the 2 year old ewe 
shown by him at the Stale Sheep Fair at Canandaigua. 
She was shorn May 12, when the fleece lacked a day of 
a year’s growth. It weighed 16 lbs. 2 ozs. Carcass 
after shearing 70# lbs. The sample is 2 7 s inches In 
length, of good style and quality, and ia well charged 
with golden yolk, with dark end. Altogether U Is a 
very choice specimen of American Merino wool. 
That Foam Covered Insect.— This insect, alluded 
to last week, is named Aphrophera—Foam-bearer. 
There are several species iu the country. This may be, 
says an entomologist, Aphropbera ajnunarla, the 
Foamy Foam-bearer, a name the offensive creature 
well deserves. 
Teaching Hogs to Destroy Thistles.— YVe 
copy the following from au Irish journal:— 
Trump ou the buds of a goodly number of the 
largest plants in the spring, aud place on the buds 
a tcaspoonful of salt; then turn your hoga on 
them. They will eat the roots of the salted 
plants and will thus acquire ft fondness for 
t hem daily as long as they can be found. If but 
one bog bo educated In this way, he will teach 
the whole herd to eat thein, aud they will exter¬ 
minate all uu the farm. 
* Y’ouatt on Sheep, p. 149. 
t Livingston’s Essay ou Sheep, p. 39. 
' Livingston's Essay on Sheep in 1806, afterwards 
expanded into his Essay of 1800, published by the 
New York Legislature. 
Livingston’s Essay on Sheep, 1609, pp. 143,186. 
A manuscript letter of Ltvington's in our pos¬ 
session. 
Stoni; Pumps. —In uddition to those already pub¬ 
lished, we have several respouses to inquiry about stone 
pumps. All spoak in their favor, and we consider it 
unnecessary to give the replies, as there seems to he 
no chance for argument. 
