a0 ’k__H. M. Boaudslan, \{§t 6eedsmen or dealers. ITe lias an order for 
Y., after a visit to the i t 200 pounds of onion seed, at $3,25 per pound, 
r ., gives an account of the and a t JO ut. three acres are devoted to this crop, 
n 14 full-blood sheep they The average yield is about 300 pounds per acre, 
ed wool—-it being anav- ^ g row onion seed, the land is marked out in 
lbs. per bead. The wool fjd j thvue fc ^ t apart, and the onions set in 
r^i g <SsTp'cTeau the rows, close together. Then a small plow is 
n^lbs.'per bead. This run along the vows, throwing the earth upon 
or 5 lbs. per head, until the bulbs from either side. This protects the 
it Young Grimes,” a cut lmlba during winter, and in the spring a portion 
be published before long 0 f the earth is removed, care being taken not to 
i grade ewes are of hie get. break the sprouts. All weeds are kept down 
-- by cultivation and hoeing, and the plants soon 
ipsey Smith, Thorne Hill, 6 tioot np, and are crowned with the conical 
t of attending, with other of geed TLie sla i ks &t0 od np heavy with 
ugof L. A. Sweet, on the and ^ ono of tlie best fields we ever 
ind'exccficnco. 3 “As 1 fair saw. Onions are extensively grown here from 
t • - h ; -i vea the product of the black seed. They are sown thickly in drills, 
iraber, which he says pro- at the rate of three pounds of seed per aero. 
, m ore than 8 lbs. per head T be rows arc twenty inches apart, and t lie plants 
ere April lambs, and were arfi unt tbinned out. Those on the outside 
culture substantially agrees with a 
statements made in the premises 
Indeed, he e6tin 
triumph” of 
highly than we did. 
•• this rendered the triumpn oi 
Merinos absolute and undeniable; 
and public did ample 
and tlie American 
Campbell sold bis twelve prize 
~i nobleman 
fetched by any 
the ground was 
only entry; that 
the American 1— 
that then the German press 
justice to the Americans 
sheep; that Mr. L_ 
sheep to a Prussian 
the highest price ' 
Merinos sold on 
that the preceding Jarts were 
authority of Mr. Campbell 
W e made some other e " 
Mr. Campbell's proceed! 
do not require mention 
they have no hearing on 
which it our \ 
An eminent fine wool sheep 
State of New '- 
correct, the above 
they are inaccurate, 
injury to our National character in 
making it appear that we as a I 
to claim, or to tolerate onr public 
claiming, much greater 
The Drouth. —A severe drouth is prevailing m tins 
ten-ion We have had no heavy rain for several weeks, 
-and less water fell in August than during any corre¬ 
sponding month for the last seven years. The earth is 
parched, and most crops are suffering. The uni versa 
aspiration is for rain, and we trust it may com. 
speedily, _ 
cal Shepherd 
extent of the 
sheep more L. = —. 
the price for which they were sold, nc aaas: 
“ Thus was public opinion confirmed that Amer¬ 
ica not only had the most valuable Merinos on 
the exhibition grounds, but the most valuable 
in Europe.” He thinks there is no doubt that 
the result of the exhibition will be “to grre 
America a great trade in Vermont Memos 
for $5,000, while 
of the foreign 
about $200; 
stated on the personal 
_and Col. Needham. 
statements in regard to 
dings at Hamburg which 
jn at thiS' time, because 
the particular subject 
present business to examine. 
■ • 1 breeder of the 
York recently called upon us to 
statements, alledging that 
and that they ave doing an 
Germany by 
people, ate ready 
writers in 
victories than we ever 
unions on the official 
“Shepherdess of the alps. — *><* uvg ^ 
call the attention of our readers to this beautilut Ro¬ 
mance, the conclusion of which will be found in this 
number of the Rural. It is a translation of one of 
che Contes Moral#' of Jean Francois Mahmoktel, a 
celebrated French author who died at the close of the 
eighteenth century, and whose works, comprising 
History, Dramas, Poems aud Romances, are almost 
entirely unknown to English readers. Thisltransla- 
tionof “TnE SkwbjiRdess of the Arts," which was 
made expressly for the Rural, and by the way is a 
very excellent one, was the work of ft gentleman of 
this city, who is distinguished for his liberal culture 
and fine literary taste, aud who, although placed by 
fortune far above the necessity of increasing his in- 
by the labors of his pen, finds in such pursuits 
the most congenial occupation. By endeavoring not 
only to convey clearly the meaning, but also to reflect 
the’siyle of the author, the translator has not hesita¬ 
ted to employ a French idiom, when it more com¬ 
pletely expressed the sense than the corresponding 
English phrase was capable of doing, and by this 
means has preserved the pith aud sentiment of the 
author in all its native genre and sprightliness. We 
lake occasion to express our thanks to the translator, 
• > congratulate our readers upon what we do uot 
I hesitate to assume was to them a rich literary treat. 
L. A. Sweet's Sheer-- 
N. Y., gives us an acco 
neighbors, the sheep stu'i 
15th of June. The floekl 
as one of great uniform' 
specimen of the whole fl 
the yearling ewes, 44 in 
duced an average of a lit 
of washed wool. They 
consequently 14 months i 
favorable account of Mr. 
a breeder. _ _ 
Scab.—Ja mes IYlkiks 
times contract scab in bs 
by 6heep have been trai 
the usual one. No man 
of eheep” because they I 
west s 
A large patch of potato onions had completed | come 
their growth, and would soon be ready to har¬ 
vest. The seed is sold at $5 per bushel, and we 
do not see why this variety is not more generally 
cultivated. They are very early, and give least 
trouble In obtaining a crop of all the varieties 
cultivated. Nearly all this land has been under- 
drained, audit is an interesting sight to see with 
what success the different seeds are grown. 
Cabbage seed is easily raised, and is sold at ->1 and to 
per pound. Mr. Hayward stated that recently, (.— 
or for the past two years, much trouble had been 
experienced iu growing parsnip seed. The plants Croi 
are infested with a worm that strips the leavfe Mr W 
and preys upon the seed, destroying it. So It to the 
and the parsnip wUl ai 
CORRESPONDENCE, ITEMS, &c 
CONDENSED 
Messrs. Holmes’ and Stevens’ Scoured Fleeces. 
_fcave received the following cert .idea tee. • - * 
D Blanchard of Greenwich. Washington Co., N. Y-, 
certifies that on the 9th of May, 1854, he sheared the 
ram “Black Diamond," owned by Messrs. Holmes & 
Stevens of the same place, and that “ he was not 
stubble-sheared on any part of him: he also saw him 
sheared May 18,1805. S. Geo. WestinodousE ot same 
place, certifies that lie sheared the same ram “in his | 
usual manner,” May 13,1305. 3. Hill Miller, Dan¬ 
iel W. Makdell, Ira C. Stevens and C. H. Moores 
certify that they saw the ram sheared by Westing- 
house, May 13; that they saw the fleece weighed; that 
it weighed 10 lbs. 5 ozs.: that they saw it put in an 
empty sack, tied up immediately and taken to Edwin 
Andrews, Chashier of Washington Co. Bank, sealed 
by Mm and left in his charge. Edwin Andrews. 
above named, certifies that he received the sack as 
stated, from above persons, sealed it and kept H in hts 
charge until delivered to express. 5. Edwin Wil- 
jiarth, notary public, certifies that the above named 
person- came before him personally and acknowledged 
K p._,jno. J.Bighav, Scotch 
f. Y.. asks where New Ox- 
bund for sale. We are uua- 
New Oxfordshire but 
Bush, Montgomery Co.,! 
fordshire sheep are to bel 
hie to Inform him. 
JL VJ AAV/ HO. • 1 r 
a. Stocks * which have been bred with especial ref- 
If bredwltt especial ref- 
rSTtrbred vritt eepedal re,- 
erence to form of body and easy keeping. 
fiavc; been comuined. 
The official record shows that Mr. Campbell 
received prizes in but one of the above classes, 
viz class B, (stocks which have been bred with 
especial reference to the quantity of wool ) and 
the following is a transcript of the awards: 
ONE HUNDRED AND TEN.—RAMS. 
1. Prize, 50 thalers. W. von Wcdemeyer, Schonrade, 
Neumark, Prussia, (No, 301.) 
1. Prize, 50 thalers, G. Campbell. Westmineter - I tatc 
of Vermont, United States or America, (No. bWJ.) as 
signed to this from division 112.t 
2 . Prize, 25 thalers, H. Muller, Gr. Bola honigr. 
Sachsen, (No. 218.) Hon. H. S. Randall D> <r, 
2 Prize, 25 thalers, G. Campbell, Westminster, State of wool referred to in accom 
of Vermont, United States ol America. cleansed the same, and at req 
ONE hundred and eleven. ewes. Esq., 1 give you the result. 
1 Prize 50 thalers, J. F. Hoffscklager, Weisin, clippptng pitch marks and ew 
Mecklenburg, (No. 468-110.) rendered 6 lbs. cleansed woe 
1 prize 50thalers, G. Campbell, Westminster, State we t g ht of clean wool I have 
of Vermont, United States of America, (No. 563 ob5.) ^ 0Be ,. ear gpo^-th. i have - 
2. Prize, 25 thalers, Kammerrath von Veltheim, Des- ^ bu , 4 !bs _ j doabt y ar 
tedt, Braunschweig, (No. 486-488.) t> M <rive more wool of one : 
”■ *• 
This mode of numbering two as first and two 
as Prizes, is carried out to Ml rite other ^ scot 
classes of Merinos, and m respect both to rams ^ made pnblic _ 
and ewes. We do not understand the meaning - 
ot it It would seem to imply too remarkable the Price op 
a coincidence to suppose that there was iu so “About fifty-three years ago 
many cases so perfect an equality between the chuseite, not far from Sprm 
two tat and two secood bbltaU to taliclta 
that the judges could not decide between them, by 1he waj| as 
and therefore awarded the same premiums. It TnT . or „ was ma a9 .» a Mtt 
has been suggested to ns that this ostensible he wflg< and a good one too 
duplication of first and second prizes is only made enc h a foolish purchas 
another mode of saying first, second, third and Hjs giDi against, the comraou 
fourth prizes. We are wholly unwilling to farmers, consisted in bavins 
adopt this explanation, until those whose state- buck and two cwes-Mcrim 
ments we leaned on, when we proclaimed the sum of two thousand doila 
victory of the American sheep, have had an S 
opportunity to be heard. from two and a half to five 
In making the statements which we did m the Qf ^ .. Bquire . a .« m: 
Practical Shepherd, we distinctly mentioned commenti it was generally 
our authority. We were present when the as a lawyer, he was an; 
Commissioner of Vermont made his first public lbc worth of sheep. In rac 
oral report of the Hamburg proceedings to the of the reputation lie bad 
Wool Growers' Association of his State. We tltioner and farmer. It is i 
«■*"*«* XX d Tt re "^iTo“ wSbcT«fd 
in the Practical Shepherd in regard to the vie lvea th0O9and do iiars for 
tory of the American sheep. The owner of t c lravfl£rancc tbal no nght-u 
sheep was present on the same occasion, and did oft Tbo .. squi/c” 1 
not dissent from the declarations of the Com- 1Ug g h< . ep operation with 
o to effect some reforms, 
ankind believe that there 
>y now walk in—methods 
processes more speedy, 
we have the currant, 
each one carrying destruction in their 
-X. A. Willard, iu Vtica Herald. 
seems 
worm, 
path.- 
more economical, aul 
than those now used. | 
to scorn agricultural 
of one place where 
store displays the ana' 
used,” as if by so doil 
lie believe that maehjie 
it is with steam plow Jig 
are those who are sK®>ti 
as economy, andwlidas 
chinery is being rlggtc 
ready, and the system in 
man could do as much i 
By a parity of reastmiig, 
while the team and plow 1 
man could spade up Justus 
increased amount of wort 
accomplish over Laud l^b 
of it lies. 
There may be some force 
but it seems impossible to 
cultivators can be iutrodt 
used here as elsewhere, 
standard machines; not 
turf and break crecn p l 
Some farmers still laugh 
machinery; and we know 
he proprietor of a shirt 
uncement, “nomachines 
g he could make the pub- 
work was inferior. So 
in this country. There 
Horses and Harnesses. 
Horses.— Do not ovcj^rTive in hot weather. | 
Never allow a horse to drlnJjjTOien. warm, unless 
he is to be kept moving as usual. Where they 
are stabled during hot weather, clean the stables 
often, litter well, and allow each animal to have 
a breathing hole in' the window or wall before 
him, if possible. Some horses gall very easily 
beneath the collar and harness, during hot 
weather, where the parts do not fit well. Wash 
the wounds with clean wat^r and apply a paste 
I made of white lead'nnd linseed oil. Then pro¬ 
vide a collar or harness thaUjjn 11 not chafe. 
The comfort of workitA? hor^^nay be much 
promoted, while in the harness, by hanging 
strips of cloth to the harness so as to dangle 
about their fore legs. 1 Long and narrow pieces 
of sheep skin or old buffalo robe, or two or 
three raccoons’ tails sewed together, will keep 
The Season, Crofs, &c., in Utah.—a tetter ju.i 
received from H. L. Southwortu of Provo City, U tah, 
dated July 21 ?t, thus speaks of the weather, crop 
prospects, etc., in that far-off land of Saints and Gen- 
t H es The last week we have had very remarkable 
weather for this country. We have had some heavy 
showers, more than have been kuowu before at this 
u r rue year for ute last ten years. 4 hva is a 
prospect for an abundant harve.'l of grain and fruits. 
The mountains on the north were covered with snow 
which fell a few days since, bnt has now nearly disap¬ 
peared. Snow can be seen on the mountains in vari¬ 
ous directions. Vegetables of most every description 
are plentiful. Fruit of various kinds will be very 
abundant—such as the peach, apricot and apple. 
Grapes arc scarce, so are pears. I gave fifiy cents lor 
about lialf a pint of cherries in i>alt Lake City a week 
or ten days ago Fruit is scarce. Apples (3pltzen- 
burghS) have sold all winter at $20 per bushel, and re¬ 
tailed at 5U cents each. Laborers get f 3 per day, and 
are scarce at that price.” 
more 
Tue Cornell Universitt.— The Ithaca Journal and 
Observer says:—“We can speak now confidently or 
the future of this Institution. By the raUura of the 
“People’s College” to make the deposit required by 
the act of last winter, the Congressional laud grant is 
aecured to our University. We anticipated no other 
result. So long as promises could retain the bounty 
of the General Government, our friends at Havana 
were sure of success. When It came to au actual per- 
remove &U the sediment. Bottle before the 
•weather becomes warm enough for the trees to 
put out; fill the bottles one half Inch from the 
corks; let them stand twenty-four hours after 
filling; then take a bowl of boiling ’ . 
put out; fill the bottles one 
( 
filling; then take a bowl of boiliug water, dip 
the end of the cork to go in the bottle, iu the 
water; hold the bottle iu the left hand by the 
neck and drive the cork in with a piece offence 
lath. The bottles are then buried in the sand iu 
the cellar. By this process, our best Jersey 
apples will make cider that has often been drank 
by epicures for champagne wine, aud will not 
change lor years, only seeming to get more body. 
Let no water be used on the straw. Iu packiug 
away, keep the corks up.— Cor. Co. Gent. 
and that the curtain would soon fall. It has fallen. 
Now our work begin*. A meeting Of the Trustees 
of tbo University has been called for the fifth of Sep¬ 
tember next. On that occasion the precise locality 
and the general plan of the University buildings will 
be determined. 
UUUGD. , . 
Our ideal of a steam plow is one that will 
march into tin bowels of the land without im¬ 
pediment. Roper has 6bo 
traction engine can 1 
pediment. Roper has shown ns how a light 
^ .. —s- 1 be built, if that is a desid¬ 
eratum, aud it only remains to adapt it to culti¬ 
vating the soil to render it useful. ■Whether it 
is best to draw the plows after the engine pr to 
have them drawn over the field, Is an open 
question, 
the general plan 
ing-i- 
drives a row 
Agricultural Land Sciut.—A l the suggestion ot 
Gov. Curtin of Pa., a C’ouventlou of Commissioners 
of the various States interested In the College Land 
Scrip, recently assembled In New York city to agree 
upon a minimum price for the scrip. It was agreed 
that eighty cents should be the lowest price, and a 
committee appointed to correspond with those States 
not represented in the Convention, to obtain their 
agreement to this decision. It was reported that \ or- 
mont, Connecticut and Rhode Island had sold their 
scrip, and that Michigan, Minnesota, Iowa aud Kansas 
have located theirs within their own boundaries. 
In England, however, the latter la 
/ L. Mr. Elias Howe, ,Tr., oifiCW- 
raacblne celebrity, has a steam plow thich 
of cultivators similar In aipoar- 
auce to the arms of a pully widened nt thijend. 
These cultivatore are placed beneath the engine 
and are driven by It as it progresses. The* are 
several other systems which, for want of sface, 
we cannot describe; but wc suggest that the 
present fall, when the agricultural fairs ^ake 
place, that the presiding officers consider 1 ,the 
subject thoroughly. At that time a multithdc 
of farmers—capitalists, and others interested in 
agricultural machines — &ie gathered together 
AGRICULTURAL EXHIBITIONS FOR 1865 
That a man can pay five nunarcu ur a iuuumuu 
lars for a sheep without the hazard of being brought 
up by hie neighbors on a writ de Lunatico ZnguirmdO. 
—U. D.”__ 
jV)i.i.K;i Merino Ram.—R. G. Hart, Lapeer, Mich., 
writes us that lie has a polled or hornlees ram lamb 
ont of an Infantado ewe be purchased In Vermont, 
know if this absence of horns Is 
STATE, PROVINCIAL, AC. 
American Institute, New York, — Sept. 12 to Oct. 19 
Canada, Tipper, London,-.afift- 
Canada, Lower. Montreal.=9pL 26—29 
Indiana, Fort. Wayne,. 
Kentucky, Louisville,. Sept. 12-M 
Michigan, Adrian,. . 
New York, Utica, . sent’m-15 
Pennsylvania. Williamsport,.Sept. 26 2 ; t 
Wisconsin. Janesville, . • . 
National Horse Show, Kalamazoo, Mich, Oct. 
COUNT* ANT> TOWN FAIRS — NEW YORK. 
Albany and Rensselear, near Albany,.. . Sept. 0»-22 
Cattaraugus. Little Valley,. 
Cayuga, Auburn. . V”'V, .‘l 
Chenango, Norwich,. ... kept. 1« 20 
Duchess, Washington Hollow,. §®Pk|G 2 h 
Delaware, Walton,. i. 26-28 
Kabox, lCllzabethtown,. £*£“• Sr U 
Livingston, Genesee,..,. SSlt 94 
Monroe, Rochester. ••••••• • • 
Manlius and Pompuy, Manlius Village,.. Sept. 28-89 
Moriah, Port Heury,. 25-2fi 
Oswego. Mexico,. ^}' 1 - “ ^ 
Otsego, Oooporstown, . 
Ontario, Canandaigua,. ” P,Vlr, 
Oneens, Flushing,. 9°®; A ft 
HushvUJc, KashviUe,. &?P{* 
SufRflk, Rivcrhead, . • . S|JIr o, 
Susnncluuinah Valley, Unadilla,. .;1 
Tompkins, Ithaca. . gg* Sr& 
Ulster,Kingston, k- g g 
Washinntou. Salem,. sejtt. >( -a 
Massachusetts Agricultukal College.— The N. 
E. Farmer states that the grounds for the Agricultural 
College at Amherst, Mass., are being laid out by a 
landscape gardener, and that the main Agricultura 
Sept. 27—29 building i* to be of stone, 150 feet, long aud 80 Act 
' ^ wide. No doubt the material will he got out this hu , 
so as to 1)« hauled this winter, and he ready for the 
commencement, of the work oi building early J iex ^ 
firing. The stouc will be quarriod in Pelham, about 
three or four miles from the college farm. It is a beau- 
and he wiehes to-- 
comi.atible with purity of blood, and whether a polled 
ram, other things being equal, i» a* valuable as a 
horned one. To the first question we answer yes. 
Hornless rams have alwuys occasionally appeared 
among pure-ldood Merinos. Their comparative value 
is a matter of fashion or fancy. It would ec«n on the 
naked question of utility, that the polled animal ought 
to be preferred,-but he i* not preferred by breeders 
and buyers. To say however there is tlie same objec¬ 
tion to his being hornless that there is to « Cotswold 
or South-Down ram being horned, among the breeder* 
of those varieties, la not exactly true, because horns 
on the latter would indicate impurity of blood. 
Do Sheep Destroy tue Borer?— “ A Subscriber, 
Washington Co., N. Y., writes“I have recently 
seen a statement In a N. n, journal, that pasturing 
eheep In orchards destroys the borer, caterpillars, etc. 
lathis true?” We have never noticed any effect ol 
this kind, but we have noticed that pasturing sheep in 
orchards is very destructive to them— particularly It 
the treoB arc largo enough or near enough together to 
shade nearly ail the ground. In that case the grass 13 
“sour,” innutritions, unfit to make good pasturage 
for any animal, and particularly so for sheep. 
