Stretches ob Cholic.-Wool Pulling.-a t 
_ James Remington, Alexandria, Licking C o , 
O writes ns that, he former y lost from one to five 
shcop iu a winter from stretches, and tried various 
remedies without, mnch snceess. Finally he resort ed 
to giving every sheep bo affected about three gi ‘ e 01 
melted laid, and found it a compete remedy. Do says 
the best remedy which he has found Tor stretches and 
pulling out wool in winter is to keep salt where sheep 
have free access to it-to feed roots twice a week-end 
to cleau out the sheds every mouth and keep them 
well littered. Mr. Remington's, “problem" refers to 
a new and very destructive disease which prevailed 
and which did 
here. lion. R 
Sam'l Archer, Esq. : - Dear Sir: in reply 
to yonr request that [ would communicate to 
you the result of niv observations tomaking an 
examination of one of 1 he lambs which died in 
the flock of vonr brother, W L. Archer, , I have 
to 6 hv that, having heard of the disease, 1 called 
to 6 y , ,___j a jamb of ordinary size and 
and"wiien still seemed well enough; 
W „ B evident that the slightest exercise 
difficultv of breaihiug. and any considera- 
ment in this matter, by pronuoncrog them 
gourds !—the two fruits bciDg so totally different 
in their characteristics. 
Being rather proud of the production, without 
further preparation of rat her a light soil than that 
for the other root crops, with farm-yard manure 
in compost, I commit the accompanying fruit to 
your care, for the inspection of yourself, friends, 
April Fair. It would astonish some ot our 
friends to sec the quantity there shown, 
buyer can get all ho wants at a fair price. 
I write the above from memory, as I am lea - 
ing home for four or five weeks. Should your 
readers feel interested, 1 will, on my return, 
8 eud you particular of weight of carcass and 
fleece of eminent and extensive breeders, with. 
their nameB and prices, &c. _ . 
I have some Lincolns waiting shipment in 
England, trom the beet flock*, and propose to 
have them here for the next Annnal Fair of the 
N. Y. Sheep Breeders’ and Wool Growers’ Asso¬ 
ciation, and shear them there. 
Ookrebfondkntb expecting letters or other special 
attention from Mr. Moore, arc advised that he haa 
been quite ill most of the time for two months pa*t, 
and Is now slowly recovering from a third attack of 
fever. Under the circumstances tt is hoped Onr 
friends will take the will Tor the deed, and, except In 
urgent cases, excuse us from answering past favors— 
for the reason that, thongh convalescing, the duties 
and labors of each day arc greater than we can perform. 
to see it, and found a 
appearance, i~ ■’ 
hut it evi 
I'RtlS^ <. T . T ... 
hie muscular effort would cauw 
down hi.. — 
ernl similarly affected 
%SZXS^<3av»i V nr**? ■» 
which wa- certainly not correct, at least in that 
case, but. being, as I supposed, ^J 0 '»eby that 
announcement, I supposed something wrong in 
the larvnx nr windpipe; yet the lamb died in a 
ew days, (this one lived about fourteen days 
and a post mortem examination demonstrated 
that l was mistaken, as there was no disease of 
those parts; indeed, none about the neck except 
perhaps a little enlargement ot the glands, of 
Which I am not sure, as l ant not posted in 
sheen anatomy. But the lung* I found congested 
to an extent that rendered them impervunis to 
either blood or air; perhaps in some parte the 
disease had passed congestion and was inflam¬ 
mation ; be that ns it may, their condit on 
wmdd account, for death as it occurred, ( which, 
in this case, was finally quite sudden,) and the 
symptoms which preceded it, also, I found n 
the vena cava inferior, (as ive call it in the 
human,) a tough, dark green clot, which en¬ 
tirely tilled the vessel about two inches imme¬ 
diately at the heart. This I suppose the disease 
ot the lungs would account lor; but in th ehjt 
ventricle of the heart was also a clot similar m 
color, consistency, &c. Intry mgto discover the 
„ i i hut in nrnrU fMlAP. 
__ i it to He or fall 
Mr A. V inforraed roe that he had losteev- 
auuuioJ; that some had died in but 
ours after being dropped, and that the 
... .. -•—***•- -non, 
that 
among the lamns i 
not, so far ns we 
M. Montgomery, 
social,ion of Ohio, has promised to give us a detailed 
description of its symptoms, and we will wait until 
we hear from him before we enter upon the consider¬ 
ation of the malady. __ 
E. Tallmadgs, Glcnbrulah, 
3 samples of ram's, and 
,'s fleeces washed, asking us which 
consider preferable for such ewes, 
ohject should always be en- 
—t -—l determine the natural 
and its wants lu that partic- 
are unwashed they 
, but It is too short, 
ashed’, they are fair but not prime sam- 
They have too much the 
--I of “ ewe fleeces." Mr. T. says that some 
lambs of No. 2 were last year affected with 
himself "has Borne difficulty 
in his head or throat which affects his breathing " If 
this difficulty is ch^jic, we would by no means use 
him. _ - 
Ejection is Over— or will bo ere this paper roaches 
its readers,—and the people, who have been coaxed, 
cajoled, confused and confounded by the nppealB of 
the politicians, can now “hreathe freer ’’ and again 
give attention to ordinary affairs. And they will find, 
notwithstanding all the talk or political orators before 
election, that., whatever party Is in power, or whoever 
may be Governor, it is necessary to attoud to their 
legitimate business—in work on farms. In shops, man¬ 
ufactories, etc.,-that Tamil les may be fed aud clothed, 
children educated, property accumulated, and various 
indiepcnsahles secured. Among the latter, with our 
readers, must be reckoned Interesting and instructive 
reading matter for the family — good and useful books 
and newspapers,-and now is the time to provide this 
Pairing.— Goitre, 
Sheboygan Co.. Wie., sends us 
20 samples of ewe'i 
or the rams wo t. 
Samples sent for such an 
closed unleashed so that we can 
yolkinese of each fleece, i—- - - 
ular. 11 the ram's samples 1 and 2 
are too dry. No. 3 is yolky enough. 
If 1 and 2 are• wu - . 
p es. They tack length, 
appearance 
of the 1— 
goitre, and that the ram 
tner is mechanical ingenuity. Bomc lose half a 
day’s time, lor want of knowing bow to repair 
a breakage, which an ingenious person could do 
A team and two or three men 
in five minutes, 
are sometimes stopped a whole day, at a critical 
season, for want of a little mechanical skill. 
It is well for every farmer to hare at hand the 
facilities for reparing. In addition to the more 
common tools, ho should keep a supply of nails 
of different sizes, screws, bolts, and nuts. 
Common cut nails are too brittle for repairing 
implements, or for other similar purposes. 
Buy only the very best and anneal them, and 
they will answer all the ordinary purposes of the 
best wrought nails. To anneal them, all that is 
necessary is to heat them red hot In a common 
fire, and cool gradually. Let them cool, for in¬ 
stance, by remaining in the fire while it burns 
down and goes out. Oue such nail, well clinch¬ 
ed, will be worth half a dozen uuannealed. 
Nothing is more common than for a farmer lo 
visit the blacksmith shop to get a broken or 
lost bolt or rivet inserted, and often a single nut 
on a bolt. This must be paid for, and much 
“forgot to remember" to give ns the results of their 
observation and experience for publication What we 
want is the gist of what you have seen and learned 
that is new aud valuable on the farm, In the orchard 
anti garden, aud in the care and breeding of domestic 
animals Give ns the results of experiments with 
new crops, trees, plants—improved machines imple¬ 
ments, &c. If yon have made any discoveries or in- 
sorok W. Squier, VexmontviUc, 
that nearly all his sheep “have 
and on some of them 
■ - -Lard 
--twice, will 
Some prefer tar thinned with 
(See Practical Shepherd, 
Sore Mouths.—G 
Michigan, writes us 
gores all around their mouths, 
these “ sores extend up nearly to the eyes, 
and sulphur rubbed into the sores once or t 
promptly cure them. • 
butter and a little snlphuf. 
pp. 269-271.) 
Smsicr Dogs.-A Kansas correspondent asks ns— 
“ What arc the best dogs for herding eheep and where 
can they be procured ?" The Scotch colleys are gen¬ 
erally preferred so far as we know. They are not 
.i,nmitiii. In this reeion. and we do not know who has 
SHEEP LANDS IN KANSAS, 
The Catti.e Plaque in Holland.—A foreign 
paper states that Mr. James Cairo, who has been 
making a tour iu Holland, supplies information 
respecting the extent of the disease in that country, 
such as is not procurable in the case of England. Mr. 
Caird snys the disease has now been two months in 
Holland, and the panic created by it in the country, 
whose chief wealth Is iu cattle, has been very great, 
and yet the actual loss has been far less tbau is be¬ 
lieved. Up to the last official statement 0,319 animals 
had been attacked, of which 1,169 died, 674 were 
slaughtered, 717 recovered, and tho remainder were 
under treatment. So In proportion to the whole 
number of cattle In the country Icee than three in every 
one thousand had yet been attacked by disease, and 
not two In one thousand have perished. 
Tee following Is tho closing portion of a 
letter from an intelligent correspondent in Wy¬ 
andotte, Kansas—Mr. C. Wood Davis : 
“ One thing I do know, and that is that eheep 
do remarkably well in this country, even with 
the poorest care, and that it is a most profitable, 
husiuess. Millions of acres of the richest pas¬ 
turage lies open to the shepherd, and he ueed 
own only a small tract, of land to keep untold 
numbers, non-resident speculators lurnishing 
him with a large amount ot capital tree ot inter¬ 
est. (in the shape of land.) on which they are 
even kind enough to pay the taxes. 11 wool 
growing is profitable with you, where nine- 
tenths of the capital Is invested in land, the 
winters long, taxes high uud sheep subject to 
disease, what must it he here where the land 
eosts nothing, taxes next to nothing, disease 
unknown, and the winters wild and short* In 
the Neosbo and Arkansas Valleys, cattle and 
sheep are Often carried through the winter m 
irood condition without a pound of bay or 
grain. Of course, good husbandmen expect to 
feed, even iu Southern Kansas, but it is not 
IVintbr Meeting of N. i • S. sheep breeders an 
Wool Growers’ Association —A friend asks when 
and where this will take place. These points are not 
yet settled, but it will probably take place in January, 
in the city of Syracuse. 
American JAgrtcuuut;-t ny Mr. «-• 
of Illinois, aboojiraising potatoes under straw: 
For past IhrA years be has grown pota¬ 
toes onh\mder straV, and with great success. 
Part of his potatoes he plants late in the au¬ 
tumn, aud the rest in the spring. Those planted 
in autumn are covered trom two to loui Inches 
with dirt., and tm feet of 6traw placed thereon, 
and well trodden down. The straw is better if 
moist and partly decayed. In the 6priug the 
potatoes are covered only one inch, and one 
foot of straw put on. He plants In beds only 
three or four yards wide, separated sufficiently 
The Time to Extend its Circulation.— Those of 
our readers disposed to aid in circulating the Rural 
in their respective localities, aro reminded that the 
present is a favorable season for efforts in that direc¬ 
tion. As we can neither visit your locality nor afford 
to send an agent, we trust that you, render, will see 
that the Interests or the Rural are not neglected. If 
there Is no agent in your neighborhood, please do us 
the favor to act as such, or Induce the right person to 
take hold of the matter. We will cheerfully send 
specimen numbers, show-bills, &c., to any persons 
who wifi become club agents—and we want at least 
oue live agent in every town where there are either 
farms, gardens or families. 
—- «* • ■ - ■ 
Poultry Keeping.— “A Friend'’ writes—“There 
are many of your renders who havo a great many hens 
and chickens, and who would Uko to have a system¬ 
atic method or keeping them. Will you, or some of 
your Brigade, give us an ‘epistle’ on hens?" We 
have aforetime given various epistles on the subject, 
and shall he glad to receive new ones flrom practical 
poultry keepers. Meantimo our friend would proba¬ 
bly make a good investment by obtaining a work on 
the subject. The “Domestic Poultry Book" costs 
only 60 cents, and contains considerable information. 
CONDENSED CORRESPONDENCE, ITEMS, &c 
Wool Picking or Biting, Shedding, Scab, &c.— 
We are constantly receiving inquiries In regard to 
sheep losing their wool from some of these causes, but 
the symptoms are often so vaguely described, that it 
is impossible for us to determine which of them is 
affecting the sheep. “ Picking or Biting “ consists in 
the sheep detaching small locks of wool, with its teeth, 
from alt parts of the fleece In reach of tho teeth, and 
these hang from ite surface, giving It a rough and un¬ 
sightly appearance. It Is doubtless caused by a scarce¬ 
ly visible irritation or the skin, but how this irritation 
is produced Is not yet satisfactorily determined. This 
disease In flocks Is comparatively recent. Wc first 
eaw it only in the winter. Now it commences in some 
instances early in the fall. It lias done so for two years 
in succession in our own flocks. We have promptly and 
effectually exterminated it iu both cases by dipping 
the sheep in a strong decoction of tobacco, for about 
nostrum venders who call themselves “horse 
doctors,’’ “cow doctors,’’ Ac. Until we have 
a class of well instructed veterinary physicians, 
we must, for dissections, rely on our best edu¬ 
cated doctors of human subjects. The really 
learned and able ones have too much profes¬ 
sional esprit du corps not to attack disease and 
the causes of disease, wherever they find them 
injuring the interests of mankind. We never 
knew a really learned or able physician who 
disdained to employ his skill to ascertain the 
nature and the remedies for new and wide- 
spreading maladies among domestic animats. 
Hon B. R- Randall : —If yon will give :i 
little space in your columns we will give onr 
experience with that disease termed “goitre;” 
perhaps it may add a mite to general information. 
Of eighteen ewes which we purchased in Ver¬ 
mont hisl tall, I had the care of eleven. I kept 
them from January 1st to March 1st in a high 
and well ventilated shed, 8 by 1-1 feet, littered 
with clean straw every day. Their feed was 
o 0 od Timothy, clover and blue grass, mixed; 
also three quarts equal parts of com, oats and 
bran, twice a dav. They w ere out nearly every 
dav in a large yard aud had free access to a brook 
a. few rods distant. The first of March they 
were removed to a very close apartment, G by 13 
feet but allowed to run out in an orchard 
mostly in day time. Their hay was the 6ame, 
with two quarts of grain, as before, and three 
quarts of bran slops twice a day, with cut tur¬ 
nips in it. Their lambs—except one—came in 
March and April- Out of eight lambs there are 
seven doing well. The eighth oue was dropped 
Mav 11th; it seemed to he diseased trom the 
Readable Advertisemenxb— Arc most of those 
given in this paper, amt we trust they wifi generally 
prove of interest and advantage to readers as well as 
advertisers As wc refuse many advertisements, and 
aim to give only such a* are genuine—though wc are 
occasionally deceived —we can usually refer with 
pleasure and safety to such announcements as appear 
lu our pages. Iu making this general reference, how¬ 
ever. it is understood of course that we do not endorse 
some dry place for another year. Bet them 
right side up to keep out the mice, aud in a place 
cold enough to freeze and destroy the cggB of 
the moth, that may be in them.— M. Quinby in 
Am. Agriculturist. 
Raising Radishes in Winter. 
Is- it be required to get good radishes in 
winter during the 6cverecold, an old cask should 
be sawn in two, and one half of it tilled with 
good earth. The radish seed, beginning to 
shoot, roust be then sown in it, and the other 
half of the barrel put cm the top of the full one, 
and then placed in the cellar. For watering, 
Itfkcwarm water should be used. In the course 
of a few days the radishes will he fit to eat. 
The following Ib a method for raising radisheB 
early in the spring: 
Let some good radish seed eoak in water foi 
twenty-four hours, then put them iu a bag and 
expose to the sun. In the course of the day gcr- 
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The Practical Entomologist. It is said tuai un¬ 
der this title the Entomological Society of Philadel¬ 
phia propones to isiue an occasinal Bulletin, contain¬ 
ing Information upon tho Insects injurious and bene¬ 
ficial to vegetation. It is intended to circulate this 
publication gratuitously, and tho Society asks the eo 
operation of all interested in the subject. Clrcnlarrf 
setting forth the scope, etc., or the work may be ob¬ 
tained by addressing K. T. Cbbsson, Esq., Secretary. 
518 South 13lh street, Philadelphia. 
into the hays at once. The stables in the base¬ 
ment will hold two hundred head of cattle, and 
near by is tin immense muck bed where any 
amount of this material may be readily hud for 
mingling with the manures or using in the stables 
to absorb the liquid manures. There are thirteen 
ventilators running from the stable to the top of 
the building, the height of which to tho peak is 
80 feet. In the basement it is proposed to have 
a root cellar and machinery lor doing all the 
work of thrashing, cutting roots and feed, car¬ 
ried by water power which is conveniently near. 
This barn cost in the neighborhood ot * 13,000, 
and when completed, as to machinery, Ac., will 
probably be the most interesting barn structure 
In the State.”__ 
“Some Pumpkins” in Ireland. 
Mr. Hugh Blackney communicates the fol¬ 
lowing to the Irish Farmer’s Gazette, under the 
head of “Cattle Melon,” and tho editor says 
“the fine sample of melon has come to hand, aud 
Is everything Mr. B. states it to bo.” 1 lie article 
named is probably the American pumpkin not a 
great curiosity in this country : 
Sir,—I beg to Bend to your office one of many 
similar specimens of the cattle melon which I 
have this season grown here, from seed planted 
among my othor root crops in the tillage field ; 
from tho size, 1 aui led lo believe the largest 
Some have shown 
Cheap Corn in the WiisT.-Amld the P 
igli prices for most farm products, (says th 
armor,) the price of corn is low aud dest n 
lain so, from the scarcity of cattle mid hogs ^ 
ime the large crop which has ripened tu (U , 
he large hay crop also contributes to keep 
rice of corn. Thirty cents a bushel i» » l0 *P 
am, while other grains are so much higher inj 
Mu. Avery’s Pedigree Corrected.—R ev. R. A. 
Avert, Gloversville, N. Y„ asks us to make n correc¬ 
tion in tho statement made by biro of the pedigree of 
bis flock published in this paper Oct. 7. In t hat state¬ 
ment, he said A part of them (hia ewes) arc pure 
Atwoods purchased by me of S. J. Merkiam oi Bran¬ 
don, Vt., in Jan., 1864. Mr. Merriam purchased the 
entire flock of John A Conant who was in company 
with Jesse IIindb In hie purchase or Stephen At¬ 
wood In Oct., 1843, and Jan., 1M4.” Mr. A. has since 
seen a letter flora Mr. HtHn* in which he says:— “I 
did go lo Connecticut in 181-" and 1814, and purchased 
Borne sheep, but did not purchase any sheep from Mr. 
Atwood, nor did I ever give any one a pedigree to 
Stkamino feed for 
written ns for an apparatus for this pc 
red to Mr. D. It. Prindl* of Bethau 
N. Y., who is the inventor or a Bteaui 
and will no doubt promptly answer ; 
the subject._ l> ,-- 
The Trial Trip or the Rural is 
success. Wo have already received » 
subscribers for the Trial Quarter, (C 
and “still they come,” in goodly nun 
tained on tho route ten days on account of 
storms, &c. ; and a short time alter arriving 
here were separated and kept as above. 1 have 
been thus lengthy, and described ho particu¬ 
larly, because I think that it is mostly by bciug 
caret ul to notice little fact* that we arrive at cor¬ 
rect conclusions. S. Archer. 
Hollidays Cove, West Va„ 1665. 
kuown in England or Ireland, 
