39R 
aTSPW® 
tiiJax x. 
from this disease. Their mode of husbandry is 
substantially as follows: 
1„ the southern and eastern portions of Bue¬ 
nos Ayres, the country is almost entirely level 
and almost destitute of trees, except, along the 
at once abandoned the name. Mr. Atwood him¬ 
self, if we are correctly informed, lias not for 
many years called his sheep Paulars in the cer¬ 
tificates of pedigree given by him. Now, it the 
“same rule applies” to the two cases-if Ham¬ 
mond's revoked toMiinonyt aud Atwood’s recol- 
--\ „ most luxuriant mond’S rcno/cea uMimonyT m 11 --, 
growth ol natural grasses the year round, the 
climate being very temperate, the thermometer A 
scarcely ever falling in the coldest weather to i 
the freezing point, so that snow or ice are 
entirely unknown. These large pampas or ‘ 
ranges are owned principally by the Govern¬ 
ment, and for the privilege of pasturing, a small * 
remuneration Is paid. The sheep are generally I 
divided into flocks of from 2,000 to 13,000 each, < 
and are tended by natives whom they hire for ] 
shepherds. The sheep arc kept on these ranges 1 
the year round, and at shearing time are given 
in lots of from 50 to 100, to the nntlves to shear. 
The best Improved flocks will average a clip of 
from four to live pounds each, which will bring 
about 1<> cents a pound. The native sheep are 
very poor, scraggy animals, though very hardy 
and of good size. They can be bought in almost 
any numbers for about 25 cents apiece, but will 
scarcely average a pound a bead of wool, and 
that of inferior quality. The Spanish Merinos 
have been introduced extensively into the coun¬ 
try and bred with these sheep; or rather the 
native sheep have been merged into the Merinos, 
so that the breeding rams of the best breeders 
produce a clip of from 15 to 20 pounds of very 
good quality of wool. The whole cost of shear¬ 
ing is about four cents a Lend. A considerable 
quantity of wool is shipped to this country, but 
most of it to Europe. As the mutton is of no 
value the sheep are kept till they die. It is a 
very healthy climate, being subject to no sudden 
changes of weather or cold storms. Early iu the 
spring, when the young grass is starting, they 
often have heavy dews, which accounts for the 
frequency of the “Hoove” amoug the sheep, 
which is the only malady to which they are 
much subject. The hoof-rot is very rare among 
them. 
I 6ent copies of your works on sheep 6ome 
time back t.o my friend, and he informs me that 
they are producing quite a reformation in that, 
country on the subject of breeding, the best 
breeders there having heretofore considered it 
necessary to change their rams every year, so 
as to avoid breeding in-and-in as much as it 
was possible. I think it is wonderful they have 
made such improvement by their former course. 
Going and coming 1 traveled this spring 1,100 
miles expressly to attend your Sheep Fair at 
CanandaigHa, and I considered myself fully 
repaid. 1 do not believe there ever was as tine 
a collection of Merino sheep got together be¬ 
fore. My friend upon hearing me describe it, 
6aid, “ Why we will have to commence import¬ 
ing breeding stock from this country instead of 
Europe! ” 
Hoping I have not wearied you with such 
a long communication, and with my best wishes 
for your welfare, I remain, 
Yours truly, Ciiabt.es Bettle. 
[ We have addressed Mr. Bettle by letter in 
regard to hoove.—E d.] 
THE COUNTRY GENTLEMAN ON 
PEDIGREES. 
The Count ry Gentleman of Sept. 7, says“ In our 
columns of Aog, 24th, there appeared certificates show¬ 
ing that, Messrs. Hammond anil Atwood respectively 
in 1847 and 1844, were selling their sheep as Paulars, 
and formally asseverating the purity of their descent 
as such. Tim entire genuineness of these certificates 
the Rural New-Yorker of Sept.. 2, fully admits.— 
But, Mr. Atwood * was mistaken.’ Mr. Hammond 
» was mistaken,’ It now appears that these two men, 
who have made sheep-breeding Bit! business of their 
lives, did not know anything about what * one Spanish 
source’ their particular flocks came from I There is 
no ‘ obscurity/perhaps, in this! 
In the Cultivator or 1H I, and repeated in the Rnral 
New-Yorker of t he Mb uJt., similar certificates- only, 
If anything, less clour, positive and direct, than those 
of Messrs. Atwood and Hammond —were published to 
vhttW ttmt certain other sheep hud been bought and 
cold (is Paulars, at various periods from 1811 to 1830. 
There fire Ifir.rC who think that, there were ‘ mistakes’ 
also in these pisrtigrceh; and the all-sallh-lent reply to 
them 1ms been that -Judge Lawrence was an honorable 
man and that Gov. Jcritiisoo was art honorable- note, 
and that, to question the correctness of the documents 
they had signed, is to ■' involve a sweeping impeach, 
merit of witnesses,’ to charge them with ‘intentional 
falsehood.’ and to give utterance to * slanderous accusa¬ 
tions ’ Why does not, the same rule apply in the one 
(•use as In the other! J ■ tin, ‘obscurity’ any the less Y 
Are the statements of Lawrence and Joiuileon, at 
second hand Trotu the breeders, Cockfind Bedell, any 
more sacred and Infallible, than the explicit assertions 
of Atwood and Hammond, breeders themselves! Are 
Atwood and Hammond anymore thau were ‘ Rich, 
Jennieon, etc.,' the ’kind ol men to attempt to manic 
faclurcb l^lettded imdtgree!’ 
which be lias long since ceased to make the basis 
of any public claim to the name of Paulars for ; 
his sheep, are as “sacred and infallible” as the 
deliberate, direct, aud vnrecalUd statements ot 
the. witnesses in regard to the other sheep, then 
all we have to say is that, roe do not understand 
the first rudiments of logic or of the rules of 
evidence. We feel confident that no candid 
person will, on second thought, maintain such a 
position. 
It. is very true,as our contemporary asserts,that, 
in proving the pedigree of the American Pan- 
lavs, we do rely BOlely on the fact that the wit¬ 
nesses, Gov. .1 UNMSON, -Judge Lawrence and 
others, arc “honorable” men. This is our 
“ aU-sutlieient reply” to objectors. What other 
reliance can there be in such cases. -1 ’.What 
other ground have we for resposing confidence 
in any human testimony ? 
But the Country Gentleman says, “ there arc 
those who think there were mistakes” in the 
Panlar pedigrees published by u*. Very well. 
It is rather late in the day to find mistakes after 
t wenty years ostensible public acquiescence in 
the accuracy of those documents. It is a pity 
they wore not discovered until -1 ennison, Law¬ 
rence, Rich, etc., have gone down to the grave ! 
But still we say let those who claim that there 
are mistakes iu the pedigrees come forward over 
their own proper signatures, state what the mis¬ 
takes are, and exhibit their proofs. To any re¬ 
spectable person who will do this, in a decent 
manner, we wilt give a fair hearing in our col¬ 
umns ; or if he. prefers to appear elsewhere, we 
have no doubt, all other pereons will treat Ills 
communications with all the attention and re¬ 
spect they are found to merit. 
We have no objections to proofs. What we do 
object to is an attempt, to undermine and over¬ 
throw proofs —proofs originally published over 
the signatures of men conceded of the highest 
standing—old documentary proofs which have 
stood undisputed through nearly the lives of 
a generation—on the strength of whatV on 
the strength of that miserable anonymous 
gossip which might probably be scraped up 
about nearly every prominent breeder and stock 
in the land. No man took the above ground 
more decidedly in 1844—when the facts were all 
fresh, and when the case in favor of the pedi¬ 
grees was not so strong as it now is — than the 
senior editor of the Country Gentleman. It 
w as at Me request that, we wrote for his paper 
that article on Vermont Paulars, which first in* 
VQlved us in a discussion io regard to their pedi¬ 
grees! Ho will not, we feel very confident, 
deny that cither verbally or in writing he ex- 
AflvicuUuval »oriclifa._ 
THE NEW YORK STATE FAIR. 
• __ 
[From our own Reporter.] 
Tue Twenty-Fifth Annual Fair of the New 
York State Agricultural Society now being held 
at Utica may at this time of writing (Thursday 
morning) be prouounccd a success, The num¬ 
ber iu attendance is not nearly as large as at 
Rochester last year, as the receipts of the Trea¬ 
surer will no doubt show most conclusively, and 
the exhibition is inferior in some departments, 
while others are equal or superior to any ever | 
made by the Society. The weather has been 
favorable in the main, though from daylight un¬ 
til about ten o’clock, yesterday, wc wore favored 
With a soaking rain. 
The show of Horses is said by tl» 08 e well posted 
In this department to be in every respect superi- 
or to previons exhibitions. Over four hundred 
enterics have been made. Cattle presents the 
usual variety of Dnrhams, Devons, (fee., though 
the number of blooded cattle Is much less than 
usual. Of Grades there is a lull supply. The 
Sheep department is unusually large. Never 
better, we think. Swine are present in large 
uumbers, mostly Cheshire and Yorkshires, from 
Jefferson County. The l\>ultry department is 
thy should be cut when the blow is partially off. 
Mr. Derrick of Albany, related his belief, as 
founded upon the experiences of others. He 
preferred to cut grass early. Liverymen and 
those who feed numbers of horses, prefer ripe 
hay. This was because they put hay In large 
racks for all day. If early cut grass is placed 
there, horses are liable to over cat. It would be 
preferable for them to feed their horses early cut 
grass but in small quantities. 
Mr. Brewer of Tompkins, was in favor of 
early cutting, He remarked further, In answer 
to a question, that this improved a meadow for 
the succeeding year. 
I)r. Gill of Poughkeepsie, said formerly, 
clover was cut one day, spread out the second 
day and put in the barn the third day, but he 
preferred to cut it, and after allowing it to 
be exposed to the Bun one hour, to place it iu 
small cocks, and the second day draw It in. 
John Kelsey of Bucks county, Pa., com¬ 
mences cutting early with a maehiueand turns 
up the buts immediately with a rake. The fol¬ 
lowing day ho hauls it in. He would cut clover 
when it is one-half brown and Timothy juBt as 
the blossom leaves it. 
Solon Robinson of the New York Tribune, 
stated that the Managers of the Third Avenue 
cars of New York city, fed their horses in the 
proportion of fourteen pounds of hay to sixteen 
good, the large China fowls bciug well repre- pounds of meal. This they believed to be econ- 
tjonted, as are the Dorkings, Polands aud the 0 my. 
fancy breeds. All the ubuuI varieties of Geese Mr. Curtiss of Tompkins, remarked that his 
seen at our fairs are on exhibition here. Prom- father cut Mb hay early, thinking his horses 
inent among the Ducks are the famous Cayuga would consume fewer oats thereby, but the ani- 
Black Duck They attract great attention. mala invariably Had the heaves in consequence. 
The display in Domestic Hall Is creditable to Ue cut bis grass later and avoided such troubles 
the Ladies of this neighborhood, and to the Any horse that eats immoderately of timothy cut 
tilt. Ladles S in the blow will have the heaves, 
manufacturers We have «»»• notes Hut may FjaH of Herkimer, feared that It would 
ho used hereafter; at present we ha\e onl} time. ? n . . . 
and smee to mention some most beautiful, be- be unwise for farmers generally to take pattern 
and spate i.-i-aw from the Third Avenue car managers. The city 
cause natural- <><»'"-£ °"' rs ' people only wanted to provide for work horses; 
of Syracusej-Jto. H. V. Pbatt Lmcrs must look out for growing stock. They 
fiTT 74 find Mr6i li*. v. L/ROCKER. xiic ujaiiu . „ , . . 
gills -mu , . , „ should discriminate. One endeavors to make 
factnrem ° f Sewing Maehmes are out m strong ^ ^ other bulk . He, also, 
We have sever seen a better exhibition of Ag- " 0 " l<l _t ut Srae ! J rly ’ ... . , 
rtcuUural Implements and Machinery. The on- Mr. Weed of New Haven, liked to see grass 
tries are far in advance of any previous exfalbl* cut before the plant headed out 
lion All the time of the Fair we could spend Mr. Kblsev of Pennsylvania had cut Timothy 
With interest and profit, In examining .he vari- early, and the succeeding year there were only a 
oub devices for lessening the labor of the farmer, few spears n emea ow. 
OUB device , ... Mr. Walker of Oswego, knew of a meadow 
rrnv- Presses, Potato - Planters and Diggers, A “‘, ‘ *» ’ . . , 
nay neon-. , ~ , i njjA that meadow, the next year, for 
Plows Reapers, «fcc., are counted by the bun- CUL liUL > , , , “ ’ . , ’ . 
1 lows, mtii i i a ncrCB> neyfir hea ded ou t„ it was not early cut- 
clm '' , Tr . , tv,, ting that killed meadows. 
The show of Vegetable *r is^ disgraceful Wc ^ of New York) said that the 
scarcely ever have an e\ n > ton o \ ego > cutting grass depended upon the object 
fit to be seen, and this is worse than usual. ^ Q P ^ cut „ i8 
There Is scarcely a thiDg that any good vegeta- 
hie grower would be willing to own. Wc cor- ’ ^ s , rrwART of ErlC| had fed hay ln many 
talnly would not like to have our name attached and &lrftW( and his opinion wa6 that 
toauy ol them. Ia o te new tings cx i- ^timothy fed to horses was worth only ten 
blted are ineorreeU. muned Our fnends should than whcat and oat straw cut 
go to Civbada to U« to get up an exbibl- ^ The meeUng thcn adjourned. 
LETTER FROM IOWA-CROPS, &c. 
The old familiar face of the Rural gladdens 
us New Yorkers away off here, toward the “Star 
of Empire.” It is an old friend, come after a 
long time to visit us, and tell of its growing 
years, prosperity, and experience in teaching 
the science of agriculture aud the industrial 
pursuits. We hope the Intimacy of earlier years 
will remain unbroken. Quito a number of the 
Rural cornea here, and it iB well thought ofby 
its readers. We hope to see its circulation ex¬ 
tended in this section, because it. is just, such a 
paper as the Western farmers need. Aside from 
Rural Notes ano Stems. 
The New York State and other recent Fairs. 
—In preceding columns we give brief reports from 
two of our associates who attended the State Fair 
at. Utica—one concerning the show of Sheep, and the 
other about the exhibition generally. From these, 
and other accounts, we Infer that the Fair was pleas¬ 
ant and profltablo to exhibitors, visitors and the Soci¬ 
ety. In some respects the exhibition appears to havo 
been superior to preceding over its In Dairy Products, 
Implements. &e..,—white as a whole tt Is generally 
commended as highly creditable. The receipts were 
some $14,000-“sufficient, probably, t,<> leave a hand¬ 
some balance after defraying all expenses. We ob; 
serve that the Uttcn papers are Uglily pleased with 
the result, aud speak for the Fair again. The Herald 
says:—“Fact Is, . s a geographical center, the State 
Fair belongs In Utica naturally, and the people of 
Central New York, as indeed of the entire State, ap¬ 
preciating this idea, attend it by the tens of thou¬ 
sands.” All which may be flict—especially the geo¬ 
graphical ceuter part, - yet tt Is patent to all familiar 
with the history of the Society that whenever uue of 
it* Fairs has been held in a village known a» Ib>ehes¬ 
ter, out here in the center of the Ktlen of America, it 
has usually resulted In a targe attendance and fine 
exhibition, and more tban average receipts. We only 
mention this lest Rochester might he left oft (he map 
altogether Su future! 
— We shall probably give further particulars ns to 
the Fair in our next, together with the list of premi¬ 
ums awarded in the principal if not all departments. 
pressed to us the most indignant reprobation of tion of vegetables. We have never seen an ex- 
both the motives and conduct of the ftesaUunts bibition in Canada, even ol a County Society, 
of the very pedigrees •now under discussion , and of that was not a hundred per cent, better than 
both the motives and conduct of the editors who 
countenanced and gave currency to their assaults! 
Wc state tills on our own distinct recollection. 
If not denied, we shall assume that their accu¬ 
racy is conceded. And wo suppose what was a 
proper view of the subject iu 1844 is a proper 
one uow. 
Jn portions of the Country Gentleman’s arti¬ 
cle which we have not quoted, there are some 
erroneous statements in regard to us, which we 
that was not a hundred per cent, better than 
this. 
The leading feature of the Fair is Dairy Hall. 
It had been announced for some time that we 
were to be favored with a grand exhibition of 
Cheese, and wc are not. disappointed. A large 
t eH t is well arranged for the show, where each 
County represented has its department. There 
are in the tent over 500 cheeses; 100 from Her¬ 
kimer county, OS from Oneida, 60 from Erie, 41 
from Jefferson, 40 from Wyoming, 130 from 
truBt proceeded from iuadvertanee or forgetful- Lewis, 18 from Otsego, 0 from Madison, 7 from 
ness. At all events we shall suffer them to pass Oswego, 6 from St. Lawrence, 0 from Onondaga, 
without contradiction now. Nor arc we insen- in the center of the tent is the “Big Cheese” 
ness. At all events we shall suffer them to pass 
without contradiction now. Nor arc we insen¬ 
sible of the fact lhat our motives aud acts—in 
regard to matters wholly separated from the 
question of pedigrees—arc gratuitously com¬ 
mented on in a way which no person will regard 
as either friendly or respectful. We are content 
to leave our motives, iu the matters alluded to, 
to he judged by those concerned. Feeling as 
we do'an almost insuperable reluctance to be 
again drawn into an useless and undignified per¬ 
sonal controversy with an agricultural contcm- 
pory, we shall wait longer before we rcaort to 
recriminations. 
f He long since stated to ns the facts in the case 
and avowed his own temporary error. 
CONDENSED CORRESPONDENCE, ITEMS, &c. 
The New York BoOURBD Fleeces.— We have for- 
Tiib New England Fatil—T he second Annual Fair 
of the N. li. Ag. Society, held at Concord, N. H., week 
before last, was largely attended, and Is pronounced a 
success worthy of New England anil her yeomanry. 
The various breeds of Cuttle, Horses and Sheep were 
well represented. The show of Short-Horne and 
Devons 1 b spoken of ns superior, while the Jersey and 
Dutcheattlc attracted merited attention. The dl-play 
of horses Is highly extolled and must have embraced 
many fine animals. The number and quality or sheep 
exhibited—Including 810 head of Merinos, 303 of Mid¬ 
dle Woolod aud ail of Long Wooled — evince* the 
interest manifested iu that Important branch of hus¬ 
bandry. The Fair was a decided success pecuniarily, 
the receipts being reported at some $15,000. 
The Illinois State Fair,— at Chicago, Sept. 4th to 
9th inclusive,—was interrupted by a heavy rain on 
Thursday, which was to havo been the great day of 
the Fair, and the receipt* thereby greatly lessened. 
Wednesday and Friday were pleasant, however, and 
the reports of the exhibition, though somewhat 
mixed, are generally favorable. Tho total receipts 
amounted to $10,835-a sum sufficient to pay all ex¬ 
penses, and insure a financial success. 
Tint Vermont State Fair,— at White River Junc¬ 
tion last week,—is reported to have been well attend¬ 
ed and very creditable iu most respects. The promi¬ 
nent feature was a fine display or Horses and Sheep- 
items In which Vermont excels,— though the show of 
Cattle was very good. There were 430 entries of Sheep, 
445 of Horses, lit) of Cattle; and 411 in all other de¬ 
partments. Interesting discussions were had each 
evening during the Fair. 
The National Horse Faih, at Hartford is reported 
to have been more successful than anticipated. There 
were over 300 entries in the various classes, Including 
some noted last horses. A Hartford paper says over 
in,(XlG people were ou the ground the second day. 
There was a splendid exhibition of family horses and 
matched horses. Old horsemen asserted that it was 
Urn finest show in these classes ever seen in this 
country. It was certainly the finest ever seen in 
Hartford. _ _ t _ 
1’eat.— The editor of the Lewiston Journal, having 
made a visit to Mr. Famwell’s peat hog, says :-Mr. 
F. estimates that it costs him three dollars per cord 
to get the peat to his bleachery; and ho considers a 
cord of peat as valuable as n cord of wood. Estima¬ 
ting the wood at eight dollars per cord, there is a 
saving ln the use of peat of five dollars per cord. 
Now Mr. F. lins from forty to fifty acres ln his peat 
Liui ao I'uv- vmvwox. • . ., , . , _ ni _ nun *»»*. * . —— -■ * 
tested last evening, and If Agricultural matter, the department on Sheep ^ nnd t he peat will average three feet In depth. 
*• . x_ * ‘•.o»<Ciftor,Ao AtlP TauA . . _ ... .1 tVm n rrn Hi 
from Canada. It was tested last evening, and it 
we arc any judge cf good cheese, there arc 
specimens from Herkimer County superior in 
quality, if not of such immense dimensions. 
We have a number of distinguished visitors 
here; among them 1 notice Maj.-Gcn. Hooker 
and Gen. PATRICK. The Refreshment Depart¬ 
ment is not the leas-, interesting to the hungry 
and weary. It, is under the care of Mrs. Kn app, 
who did so well for us iu Rochester lost year. 
She is the right woman in the right plaee. 
Friend Bogart takes eare of the Press in his 
usual good style. 
DISCUSSION. 
The discussion latt evening was on “The best 
time for cutting Glass, and the best method of 
preparing it for Hay.” 
,J. Stanton Gould opened the discussion. 
owneis by addressing A. J. Gorri?, H-q., Superintend¬ 
ent (if Syracuse Woolen Manufacturing Company, 
Syracuse, N. Y.. and Informing him how and to what 
addresm they shall be forwarded. 
New England Wool Growers’ Association.—' The 
annual meeting or this Society was held in Concord, 
N. II., Thursday evening, Sept. 7th, tho President, Dr. 
Geo. It. LoiHKO, in the chair. The President, H. 
CtJTTS and Mr. Mead of Vermont, I. N. Smith and 
Mr. Hooper of New Hampshire, and Cot. Needham 
I of Massachusetts, participated in a discussion of the 
Of these two norns of the dilemma, raised by the EO tten heretofore to say'that the fleeces etoured under * ' the nhloptA 
erudition of the Rural New-Yorker on sheep matters, {• J'J \ of the 8UUe sheep Breeders’ and At the outset the speaker referred to the objects 
which are we to take-either that Atwood and Ham- tnooireeuoin.il bad bromrh them together. In passing 
mond in1644 and 1847. were entirely Ignorant of tho M oot Growers’ AscociaUon can b<- obtained by the which hud inougui 8 l h 
sheep they were breeding, or Unit they • lutentlonaUy’ owneie by addressing A. J. Gorri?, Esq., Superintend- to the subject proper, ho lcmarkid that in three 
presumed upon the igoonowe or the public f” ent ()f gyra ,, ni0 woolen Manufacturing Company, years the crop of grass aud Indian corn would 
Arc the two cases parallel! In the one we gjyacuee, N. Y.. nnd Informing him how and to what yie [ d efficient to pay the national debt. He 
have direct atlirmativo testimony — based on an addresm they shall be iorwarded. advised economy in room for crops. The best 
original Bnaulsh certificate of pedigree, which ~ ~ ., _____ _ time to cut grasses was not, he believed, when 
the witnesses hud Been with their own eyes (hat ^'u.^’or thU Sty was held in Concord, i* - was thoroughly ripe, but. just upon its en- 
the sheep were Paulars. None of the witnesses Thursday evening, Sept. 7th, tho President, Dr. trance into flower. The best way to make hay 
ever directly or virtually recalled or modified his 0eo ’ b ^ in (he chair. The Presldeat, H. is to allow it to wilt, which, Iu a hot sun, might 
statements; nor havo they been contradicted, CrTT ^ ftnd >i r . Mead of Vermont, I. N. Smith and require four hours; it should not be left out at 
or to any extent explained away by later dcvel* ^j r hoover of New Hampshire, and Col. Needham night subject to the dew, but Bhould he raked 
opemcutB In the other case, the principal wit- of Massachusetts, participated in a discussion of the U j, into cocks. 
ness (Mr Atwood) never claimed to possess subject of “Wool Growing.” The Association voted Mr . Vanalstine of Columbia, was accustomed 
any certainty on the subject, of his sheep being to hold a great ^ ““iSSrf lo <lt,hU m ° WlUg tbC m0rning ’ wben tb< \ deW 
FdUlare. I wrote to Mo„».,.o in 1M6--I U off. It In CO.V. In Ik..^omoon nud dr« 
have made, agreeably to your request, diligent „ , into the barn the succeeding day. In tho latter 
inquiries respecting the varieties of Merinos im- -►*-*•--- part of the simmer he draws in the same day. 
ported by General Humphreys, bid can learn TllB <j BAIN Trade in Chicago.—T he Board of Mr. BreWur of St. Lawrence, had cut his 
nothing definite, on the subject. 1 was seventeen 'trade of Chicago has made its seventh annual state- grass green since 1823. lie believed that- di 
years old at the time of their arrival iu this moot, from which it appears that, there are seventeen j 10 uuds greet would keep stock us long as 100 
country, and think Geu. 11. called them Paulars, grain warehouses in that city, with ft total capacity j J0Uud9 r ipe. To a question asked, he said that 
but of this T cannot is positive.”* Yet. Mr. Atwood of 9,935,000 bimbois. Of these, two have a capacity t f lmot | jy waB caused by mould. If 
recollections, iu 1844, to name his sheep as Pan- ^ ' off f n nearly cvory instance, from the figures dust. The fower did not cause the dust (as an 
Jars in the certificates of pedigree given to Ham- of thl . year preceding. The receipt of flour during Interrogator supposed.) 
mono aud Hall. Hammond named them as the year amounted to 1,170,873 barrels, against 1,434,* Mr. Walworth of Ht. Lawrence, for the last 
Paulars in ids certificate to Pond, and to show 055 barrels received during the preceding year. The twenty yeart had adopted a new plan for curing 
what authority he dkl it-his sole authority -he total shipments of flour during the same year amount- | lfty< rpj l0 time to cut grass is when It i» In the 
. . vied into that instrument Atwood’S original cd to 1;887,545barrels, against 3,507,816 barrels in the ( | 0W( .,. He did not approve ol salting hay. 
certificate to himself aud Hall. Hammond be- yearly a. Thm-o. statirtPs show a slight decrease gftlt shouW bc furnished animals separately. 
.. .. , . i„t f .r -neriort that Atavood had 'he trade for the past year, due chiefly to thotun- should he cut when the blossoms are 
came satisfied at a later period that A r WOOD naa ^ ^ ^ of ^ markotB and the fluctuation* In ^® r ” °„ u thou , rht hay wa8 worth 
been mistaken in calling them 1 aulars, gold| aa wc j, as to the high rates of freights that ruied ^ b ‘ rd chft f [ " ^ ten. Clear Timo- 
-... . , .. _nftjir Hie close of navlcatlon. more pci 1 IUU1 u » 
have made, agreealily to your rc<juest, diligent 
Inquiries respecting the varieties of Merinos im¬ 
ported by General Humphreys, but can learn 
nothing definite, on the subject. 1 was seventeen 
years old at the time of their arrival in this 
country, and think Geu. 1L called them Paulars, 
but of this 1 cannot be positive."* Yet Mr. Atwood 
felt sufficient confidence in the accuracy of his 
recollections, iu 1844, to name his sheep as Pau- 
Jare. in the certificates Of pedigree given to Ham¬ 
wopi, t< 
-V. E. 
1, to ho decided by ' 
. E. Earner. 
Husbandry is of vast importance to our Iowa 
farmers, as their attention is fast being directed 
toward wool growing. 
We believe Iowa was first in holding a “ Sheep 
Shearing Festival,” of any of the States, w hich 
we think the Rural noticed. Several large 
(locks from Ohio aud Michigan have been 
brought into Central Iowa within a few weeks. 
That tills State is well adapted as to climate, 
soil, &e., to profitable wool growing, there is 
no doubt. Time and experience have proved 
tills fact. The raising of grain for direct market 
is not as profitable, so far therefrom, as it is in 
the more Eastern States. Corn is the principle 
crop, nnd that. Is mostly fed to cattle and hogs, 
and these are shipped to Chicago and New York 
The crops are good tills season, although they 
suffered to some extent from the heavy rains in 
the early part, of tho season. Wheat and oats 
were generally a good crop, and well secured. 
Corn la not so heavy as last year, but quite fair 
nevertheless. We have had no frost aa yet, and 
Bhould it keep off a few weeks longer it will be 
beyond its reach. 
Cattle are very high. They are selling aa high 
as aix dollars per hundred live weight. Hogs 
are also on the same scale, and Bctircc at that, 
Our SUte Fair is to be held at Burlington, this 
month. Our County Fair —Johnson County— 
iB to be held on tho 12th, 18th and 14th of this 
month. 
Hereafter I will keep yon informed concern¬ 
ing agricultural matters hereabouts. 
Iowa City, Sept. 11, 1865. Frank Forest. 
The Grain Trade in Chicago. —The Hoard of 
Trade of Chicago has made its seventh annual state¬ 
ment, from which it appears that there are seventeen 
grain’ warchoiiBoe In that city, with a total capacity 
of 9,t«5,(KX) hiiaholB. Of these, two have a capacity 
or a million and n quarter each; the lowest 75,000 
bushels. Tho brininess in produco shows a slight 
failing off in nearly every instance, from the figures 
of the year preceding. The receipt of flour daring 
mono and Bail. Hammond named them as he year amounted to 1,170,278 barrels, against 1,484, 
Paulars in his certificate to Fond, and to show 055 barrels received during the preceding year. ’J’h« 
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m what authority he dkl it-his sole authority he | 
copied into that instrument Atwood’s original 
certificate to himself and Hall. Hammond be¬ 
came satisfied at a later period that Atavood had 
been mistaken in calling them Paulars, and he 
sec Morrell’s American Shepherd, p. 427. 
065 barrels received during the preceding year. r J ho 
total shipments of flour during the same year amount¬ 
ed to 1,287,5-15 barrels, against 3,507,810 barrels In the 
year lw.a 01. These statistic* show a slight doorcase 
in the trade for the past year, due chiefly to the 'un¬ 
settled state of the markets and the fluctuations in 
gold, as well iiB to tho high rates of freights that ruied 
after the close of navigation. 
Peas.— When peas are to be fed to swine with¬ 
out thrashing, those who practice feeding them 
prefer putting them ln largo stacks. Then, 
those that are wet by rains can be fed out before 
they have been Injured. If designed for sheep 
next wiuter, it is better to house them, or put 
them in long and narrow stocks, and cover with 
a lean-to roof of boards.— Ex. 
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Manure.— Scrape manure yards and Bheds, 
and collect all the fine and well-rotted manure 
to apply to wheat nt Beed time. Beneath many 
barns in the country there are u number of loads 
of Hie choicest manure for wheat, which may be 
shoveled out by taking up a few loose planks in 
tho stable.— Ex. 
giving certainly one thousand cords for the acre, or 
fifty thousand cords for tho whole bog. Profit per 
cord $5; profit on 50,000 cord*. $250,000. 
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Force Exerted ry Yeuktarlb Growth.— Some, 
idea may tie formed of the force exerted by vegetable 
growth from the fact stated in reference to an enor¬ 
mous specimen, Agarlcus cdi tUagincus (tuuebroom), 
which was sent to the British Museum. 11 was found 
growing below tho pavement, in tho Gosweil road, 
and Its mycelium, or filamentous body, from which 
this fungus growth la developed, which, in this < ; ” 
was developed into a enormous spongy mas*, had, >» 
pushing up its many headed pUeus, raised a *toM 
weighing two hundred weight, aud measuring fo" r 
feet square, ___ 
Prolikio Poultry.— A writer in tho Rock Island 
(Hi.) Argus Is responsible for the following astonish¬ 
ing chicken Item !- “It seem* worthy of notice that 
there Is n flock of 000 chicken* near Coal Valley, au 
raised this scaaon from twenty hens and ono cock. 
They belong to Mrs. W. II. MiOuleiiam, aud are tue 
finest lot of chickens I havo over seen. The venerable 
father or these BOO chickens watches over them wiin 
apparent pride, and struts among them with great 
dignity. It Is a sight worth going to * 00 .” 
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Cotton Growino in California.— Large fields ej 
cotton are growing Iu California- over ono luiuda 
acres In one field looking well. The State of t * or 
nta oilers a bounty of $3,000 fOr the first ono Imndrea 
acres of cotton-a! so $3,000 for the first one inmd™ 
hales or three hundred pounds each. Over $ < 
is donated by the State for the encouragement 01 ag¬ 
riculture in the raising of various prodm ts. 
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Turf, Field and Farm.-TUU la tho UUa or a 
weekly Journal, mainly devoted to sporting at ft , 
recently c-guineiioed ln Now York by 8. • <■ • ’ 
Bruce, at $5 a year In advance. The senior ed . 
Col. B. D. JJRUCB, i* a well known Kentucky 0 
man, and fully posted concerning turf 
paper Is a handsome 16 page quarto, and Judgi g 
the number before ub is ably conducted. 
Progress. — The Now England Farmer tells of a 
young friend of the editor that several years ««« com 
menccd farming on thirty acres of swamp a < 
the first year sold from it forty dollars wor . 
Last year, from the some land he sold Jon 
dollars worth ! Decided progress, that. 
A New quarter- or The Rural commences ou 
the 7th of October proximo. Read the not ce t 
oiler of “A Trial Trip,” at head of Nows page, 
then please advise your friends of the same. 
