FOR THE WEEK ENDING SATURDAY, AUG, 5, 1865, 
Not any of these are of much use daring the sis 
months that we fodder. And how many of 
them that enclose meadows and fields of grain 
turn stock three months in the year? Per¬ 
manent pasture most needs fences, but the 
portion of a farm that is devoted to a mixed 
husbandry might be thrown into one field, and 
by the aid of some movable fences it would be 
just as convenient to pasture part of it when it 
was desirable to do so. 
Suppose a farmer has fifty acres which he de¬ 
votes to cultivation, alternating grass with grain. 
If he follows a five course system, viz., corn, 
H. couldn’t spend any mo e time just then in 
building air castles, but thorjht that some rainy 
day when the reaper was in the barn he would 
study the figures on it. 
It is nearly out of seise a to say anything 
respecting harvesting the mrley crop, but I 
noticed farmer H, h d a ~v r handy way of get¬ 
ting his. It was ent with th; reaper and left in 
gavels. These cured in a ftw hours, and were 
then cocked with barley f-rks, viz., wooden 
oats, wheat, meadow and pasture, it would he 
necessary to divide it into five fields. Now but 
one of these fields would have stock in it the 
entire season. Would it not be more profitable 
to enclose that with a movable fence, even If it 
be of common rails, than to be at the cost of 
five times as much? Besides he would secure 
the following advantages: 1st. He would have 
the whole land to get a profit from. 2d. He 
wmuld spoil a harboring place for weeds. 3d. 
He could lay his laud in better ehape with the 
plow, avoiding banks and farrows. 4th. He 
would get about on his farm handier and quicker. 
And, 5th, his farm would look better. If these 
considerations are of no weight, he might feel 
in his pocket and find a heavier argument in the 
dollars that would otherwise be paid ont for 
ONE OF THE REASJNS WHY, 
mb. remelee's eam •• union. ” 
The remark is frequently nade, and it is be¬ 
lieved with truth, that a less lumber of bushels 
of potatoes to the acre is produced now than 
formerly. 11 this be so the latural inquiry is, 
Why ? The decrease in qcar/ity can hardly be 
attributed to deterioration in>e quality of the 
seed planted, since many ojrw e ild varieties are 
retained, while new ones subsequently added 
to the list of favorites. > r '1‘n the cause be 
found in the character , as that is 
i-.iinly as good •: - ns twenty-five 
years ago—especially on vhich have been 
properly cared for by the;^owners. During a 
short ramble over several i ms in the vicinity 
of the city, a few days since,h number of potato 
fields were noticed, and tlik question of a de¬ 
creased yield ot this crop fcuturally suggested 
itself for solution. The erowimr cron lont-cii 
, / nave r ?»son to believe the portion of 
tne Long Island flock, purchased by the late Hon 
Charles Rich, and no w kept, by John T. Rich have been 
kept pnre as he states. I was well acquainted with 
the portion of chefi.htk kept by Bedell, bavin? handed 
.aeni on severs, occasions between 1824 and ijgo. 
. ome of the ewe* in :nr flock were pointed oat to ne 
ss imported ones, which were toothless and verv old 
Between the d tree above named. I have several times 
a:, d backs from the flock, and never entertained a 
..oobt ofthoir iwnt- pore-brerl Spanish Merinos. Mr. 
FARM FENCES. 
Did yon ever seriously reflect, horn st farmer, 
what the next generation, and even yourself if 
you are a young man, are to build fences with ? 
It is very plain that the material won’t be old- 
Jflsbiontd rails, laid Up Virginia style. For when 
the present stock of iail fences is decayed, and 
that time will beeoon, there Isnot proper timber 
enough on one farm in ten to replace it, much 
less furnish any to those entirely deficient. The 
same objection holds good against the post and 
board fence, the only other practical shape into 
which wood can he wrought for this use. There 
is not timber enough in the country, or within 
reach, or that will grow, that can be spared 
from other usee, to build anew the present lines 
offence in the land. In some semions there are 
stone enough to partly or 
them ; but these portions are 
the man who, to get rid of 
farm must fence it with walls, 
aware 
To Cobrestosdxn-ts.—M r. Randall's add res < 
Cortland Village, Cortland Co., >\ Y. All cornmn 
cations intended for this Department, and all mqiv.r 
relating to sheep, should be addressed to him a? abo’ 
Charles A. IIuHberVs Statement. 
J certify that. I lived near neighbor to Leonard Bedell 
in the town of Shorehatn, Vt., in the year 1823. and 
tnat during that year Mr. Bedel! drove a lot of sheep 
mnn Lon? Island, purchased of Andrew Cock 
' Fjom until thb of Jkir. Bedell, a period 
of d.cceTi is I hved in nis family* and had the 
charge oi id* sheep. Mr. Bedell kept none other but 
rull-tjlooded steep of the Cock ttoex, and I was per¬ 
fectly farm; tar with a number of them always asserted 
by In hi to have lie on originally imported. They had 
a distinctive mark, as such, had ar.ested marks and 
rings of copper in their ears. aLd were wry old. 
Atr. Bcaeii also had the original Spanish cert. 
or inctr parity of blood, attested by the American 
consul. These sheen were preserved bv Mr. Bedell, 
entirely free from admixture with any'other blood, 
inwious to h:s ueccase, i selected about si> of his ewes 
which Inner ward drove to Sluukton, and dually dis¬ 
posed of to S. \V. Jewett of Wcvbridge. 
Monkton, 184-1. Charles a. Hlrlbebt. 
”• awsmhlee, Mtaoiebury, Vt., writes us; 
In the full of 1S50, I purchased fifteen ewes 
from the Rocks of Hah, Remelee of Corn¬ 
wall, Vt. They were pure Infantados, descended 
from ewes introduced into this country by 
Hammond, Hall & Kemelee, from the flock 
of Stepitex Atwood of Connecticut. I have 
used in my flock only pure Infantado rams, 
either from the flock of Mr. Hammond, Wm. R. 
Remelee, or my own. The ram “Union,” a 
cut of which accompanies this, was about a 
FARM NOTES, 
mat is a fair crop of barley,” I remarked; 
“how much do you think it will yield?” 
“ It ought to go twenty bushels, hadn’t it ? ” 
“ I should think so,” I replied, “Judging from 
mine of last year. That went ten, and this looks 
twice as big.” 
“ Ten! ” he echoed, “that didn’t pay very well. 
But then I suppose the drouth cut it short.” 
\ rs, the drouth cut it short, but I got twice 
as much per bushel as you will this year, so it 
was au average thing after all.” 
Ihcro was a flock of sheep feeding in a near 
wooden 
ends, are becomingprofit- 
prodneera of the various 
The English hedge plants 
d then the native locust 
ere tried. But the latest 
and best thing wherewith to bleed fanners is 
found to be Ihc white willow. It is so easy to 
raise, so convenient to distribute throogh the 
country, and its apparent good qualities are 
such a fine theme for the glib tongue of au agent 
t o wag on, that in spite of warning and failure 
it will he extensively planted. 
All these plants, and many others, in favorable 
locations, with proper care, can be made into 
ences. But no one can be made to succeed 
throughout all of onr broud laud, with its wide 
diversity of soil and climate. Without doubt 
we shall be driven at last to adopt one of the 
wo systems, and perhaps to some extent both 
0 ein, prevalent in Europe—namely, we shall 
grow lire fences as has been done In the British 
Islands, or we shall do without them nearly 
altogether ns on the Continent, and use othe'r 
means for restraining our stock. Th* 
— ji, .i.-. uuc, uni ywn annng has more 
to do with diminished yields than most people 
arc apt to imaglue. For sotfie years back there 
has been a powerful influence operating again.-1 
a liberal use of seed in plait .ng potatoes, and 
that has been the high price of the article in 
market. The policy is a shirt-sighted one, it is 
believed, and the sooner it is changed for one 
more liberal, the better will it bo for the parties 
more immediately interested in the production 
of prolific crops. 
THE TERMS PATJLAR AND INFANTADO 
ceuce ui this town; mat I well remember the flock of 
b;.ianjsh Merino sheep which ho drove from Lone 
JslauQ 31 or fci years ago; that I was familiarly ac° 
wutl riii* flock, ui steep until his decease in 
l'vis, having assisted in shearing them everv year 
daring that time, with the exception oi three or torn 
Mr. Bedell had a cert-.ilcute or the lineage of the sheep 
rroia Spain, certifying their purity of olood. which I 
have severai t Stows read; and 1 am confident that it 
Gciorlbed them to be Uaaiare, from the flock of "Don 
Manuel de uoilciy, Prince oi Peace." Ac. Mr Bedell 
though repeatedly urged to sell ewes, utterly refused.’ 
taoagh oitered high prices by uiyeeir and outers ■ nor 
old he part with any titui, the last years ot his life. I 
now live on the larta formerly owned and occupied by 
jjni, ar.d possess a large uor:um ui me above described. 
[second papee. ] 
The following are the certificates of the Paular 
pedigrees which we published, as we have al¬ 
ready stated, in 1S44 : 
Judge Lawrence's Statement. 
Yonrs is duly received, In which vou refer to a con¬ 
versation we had, on the sahje-ct of Merino sheen, and 
particularly of the quality and purity of the flock of 
Andrew Cock, who was my near neighbor. We were 
intimate and commenced laying the Foundation or our 
Merino flock’ 1 about Ute same tunc. I was present 
when bo purchased most of his sheep, which w*s >u 
1811. He drat purchased two ewes »r. $1,100 per iie-ifl. 
The were very Une, and of the Rscurial flock imported 
by Richard Crowurahhld. * 
Ibsnext purchase was 30 of the Paular breed at fmm 
V 0l ! J J 1 " 1 **?• lI e continued to purchase of 
the different Importations until he run them up to 
aliouc eighty, always selecting them with great care 
} hi’ was the foundation ot A. Cock's fleck, uor did 
he eve: purchase any but pure-blooded sheep to my 
knowledge or .tcltef. Andrew (Jock was aa attentive 
creetier, saw well to his business; and was ot uu;m- 
peachnblc character. His Ccrtiticate of the kind and 
Phrity or hkmil [ should implicitly rely on. 1 recollect 
of his selling sheep to Leonard Bedell of Vermont. I 
r iushing, 184-1. -Kee ingham Lawrence. 
ABOUT A HOME 
Leri Eockwood's Statement. 
I moved into the neighborhood of Leonard Bedell 
l.'Uo oi SboreluUB, V t., iu tiit ox l£vX), aiui *»oou 
became acquainted with his ltocx oi Merino sheep. I 
hate frequently hcara hint relate the history ot hia 
sheep. He sain he .wreiusod them of Andrew Cock 
of Long Islanii, and ;dat. they were imported from tho 
flock ot (Sodoy, the Ur Luce ui Peace, in Spain, as their 
Njuulsh pedigree, iu his possession, would show. He 
Aiwa,s called" them Ptaiar Memos, and frequently 
boasted oi this as being (Re best stock ever imported. 
I have heiitd hint advised lo cross the blood of 
hi* flock by using bucks from other Spanish flocks, 
h ut ho insisted ou keeping ins pure, preferring, as tie 
had done, to breed thciu'm-and-m. 1 have seen the 
bpauisii cerufleate whtcit aecompauied the sheep but 
never read it 
Monktoh, 1844. Levi Rockwood. 
le3s money. It stands ont, h the open field, 
like a watch-tower, without any thing to give it 
a home-look, nor was there perceptible any 
preparation for such a surrounding. Alone the 
street, iu front of the dwelling, was a Yitjinia 
fence, put up, probably, when Rochester was a 
village of the smallest class, its several sections 
veering to all points of the compass,— hedged 
in, on the farm side, by a belt of briars and 
bushes, a dozeu feet in width. The entrance 
way to the house was a gap in the fence about 
two feet wide, closed by a board pendent upon 
leather hinges. Altogether, tho place appeared 
cheerless iu the extreme. 
Remarking that we supposed he would soon 
enclose the ground in front and around his 
dwelling for a gardeu as well as fruit trees and 
shmbbery, the situation being excellent for 
both purposes, he replied that he had not pur¬ 
posed to do so yet—that the co.-t would be eon 
X5ov1l :I loruitT residents of this lowu, V uevv deceased i 
did on or about uieyear jiurcbasL- rnc enure dock 
ot sheep owned by Andrew Cock of V ashing, Lon- 
Irl.uitl. Accompanying saio uiiutp. Mr. Bedeij brots^bt 
a cerufleate ihut came with tlic sucep from 8n.a‘n I 
have reail s.-uct certificate which gate a mil dc-i-nutum 
ol the sheep purchased iu Spatu. with guarauUts of 
their pumy et blood, which was regulatfv attested by 
iht^ Aincrtctu (. utistii th^n in xbt* Spniiishor Pxinx'D ^ 
dominions. 1 thereby had sausiaeiorv ovldeuceThat 
they were all of this importation, sad that many of 
them brought to ebts town, were the identfcal sheep 
Imported, the cemflcate, t am confldeiit. described 
them a» horn the Paular tb-ck. 'I'ltc ewe ih.u w.as the 
dam oi Mr Jewett's buck Fortune, was a pure do- 
secntiuut or this Itupomd flock above described. I 
have preserved Ibis flock pure to this day, which 
amouuis to more than tivo huudred. Some oi the 
flock have been recently cior*ea by bucks of the im¬ 
portation of Consul Jarvis, which -aid bucks were 
purchased from the flock of, and rcyiilarlv attested bv. 
said Jarvis as being pure Spanish Merinos. 
Bhorcham, 1844. John T Rich. 
Statement of Eon. Horsey J funsell (Judge of FrobuU.) 
I hereby certify that 1 am personally acquainted 
with the above named Levi Rockwood, and have been 
lor a great number of years. I consider him a man of 
truth and veracity, ami believe him to be so consid¬ 
ered by the community at large. 
Bristol, 4814 . Harvet Munsell. 
vvuen tne auove *• statements" were pub¬ 
lished we had a number of others in our posses¬ 
sion (aud we have some of them still) corniug 
from gentlemen of equally high standing, which 
corroborated tho preceding ones, some in one 
joint aud some iu another; but we regarded 
any further accumulation of evidence as purely 
superrogatory. 
it appears by all the Vermont witnesses that 
Bedell carried home with the Merino flock 
which he obtained from Cock a certificate 
which, according to his representations, he re¬ 
ceived with the sheep as a certificate of their 
blood or pedigree. All these witnesses but 
Hi klbkbt expressly say they have seen that cer¬ 
tificate, and Hublbbkt says so in effect. Rich 
Profit on hurley crop.. 
Fourteen acres will keep 40 sheep or 
S(K) lbs. of wool at half (he price or lust yea 
JO lambs worth to me butcher *2 apiece! 
Profit on sheep,. 
The manure of the sheep will ba] 
barley straw and labor of feeding the 
winter. 
