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protection thence inuring to domestic industry 
— as ample a 6hare as that granted to the manu¬ 
facturer. We remarked that State Wool Grow 
ers’ Associations were already organized in n 
number ot instances; that others would prob¬ 
ably soon Vie organized; that county and local 
associations were spreading throughout tbv 
country; that these bodies were the organs o I 
the producers; that U the National Wool Man¬ 
ufacturers’ Association sought their co-opera¬ 
tion, disposed to make equitable arrangements 
for the benefit of both the industries repre¬ 
sented, W' could not doubt their overtures 
would be properly met. And for the purpose of 
ascertaining how far such co-operation had al¬ 
ready been forestalled on a very important sub¬ 
ject of common concern, v ,,.iL the following 
questions directly to the meeting:—1. Has the 
National Association of Manufacturers taken 
any steps lo procure a change in the existing U. 
S. tariff on wool and woolens? 2. Are any such 
steps now in contemplation ? '■). What are the 
changes sought after ? 
The President and several leading members of 
the Government of the Association promptly 
and positively answered the two first questions 
in the negative. To the third, they replied that 
no changes were now sought alter — that they 
were content to wait until the facts and statis¬ 
tics applicable to the subject had been collected 
and sifted by the U. S. Revenue Commission, 
and then to be guided in their action by the de¬ 
velopments which should be made. A member 
here put the counter interrogatory whether the 
wool growers desired or would seek alterations 
in the tariff We stated that wc were not pre¬ 
pared to answer, but presumed that they, too, 
would await the action of the Revenue Commis¬ 
sion. 
Several of the leading members, speaking for 
the whole body, earnestly repudiated the idea 
that they sought to depress the producing inter¬ 
est. They avowed, on the contrary, that they 
regarded it* flourishing state—so that it could 
abundantly and steadily supply them with raw 
material — as not only conducive to their inter¬ 
ests, but positively necessary to their continued 
success. They denied in emphatic terns that 
they had any disposition to band together to 
control legislation and prices, or that the Na¬ 
tional Association was formed to accomplish, or 
would ever seek to accomplish, any such objects. 
They declared their assent to the principle that 
the wool grower is entitled to an adequate gov¬ 
ernmental protection—and that they were wil¬ 
ling that lie should be as well protected as 
themselves. They expressed a wish to confer 
and co-operate with the Wool Growers 1 Associa¬ 
tion on every subject affecting their common 
interests and avowed them willingness to make 
immediate friendly overtures for that object. 
After some informal consultation to ascertain 
the views of the wool growers, Hon. John 
Covode ol Pa., offered a resolution, in sub¬ 
stance, that the U. S. Revenue Commission be 
requested to refer all its interrogatories touch¬ 
ing the production of wool to the wool growers 
themselves: and then, on motiou of Mr. Bur¬ 
leigh of Me., the resolution was passed calling 
the Convention of Producers and Manufacturers 
at Syracuse for the objects already stated. Both 
resolutions passed unanimously, and apparently 
with the hearty concurrence ot every member 
present. 
Wc have forgotten to say that among the 
subjects of complaint among wool growers, 
enumerated by us, was the indiscriminate one- 
third shrinkage rule, enforced by manufacturers 
in respect to unwashed wool, irrespective of its 
actual condition; and after giving the usual 
reasons assigned against it, we claimed that the 
practical effect of the rule was merely to pay a 
bonus on fraud, and that there could be no 
sound reason for its continuance. These view s 
were promptly ondosed by several leading man¬ 
ufacturers and wool merchants preaeut, and, so 
fer as we heard, were directly dissented from by 
none. Wc understood Mr. Telleampf (of the 
great w t oo! house of Tei.lkj.mfp A Kitcbtng, 
New York,) to remark that much the greatest 
portion of the wool of other countries was 
brought, to market without washing, and was 
sold purely in reference to quality and actual 
condition wlthoutany such rule. Mr. R, G. Haz¬ 
ard of Rhode Island, one of the leading manu¬ 
facturers of the United States, remarked that 
wool kept on hand for a long period, was be¬ 
lieved to preserve its condition, and to receive 
dyes better when used, if kept “ in the grease.” 
The Secretary mentioned that a former letter 
from us to the Association, on the same subject, 
had been referred to a Committee who had the 
subject tii ficr advisement, and that it would 
probably not be long before it was acted on by 
the Association. It appears that discussions 
have already occurred in that body on the ques¬ 
tion, but from the tenor of all wc heard and 
observed, we judge that there is very little 
doubt that the Association will recommend the 
disuse of the obnoxious one-third rule, and as 
free a purchase of unwashed as washed wools in 
the market. If this occurs, a long and fruitful 
source of irritation will be happily removed. 
Should the manufacturers act up to the liberal 
and equitable principles avowed thoughout this 
meeting, it will only require equally liberal and 
equitable action ou the side of the producers, to 
ensure that harmonious co-operation between 
the parties in future which will so greatly re¬ 
dound to the substantial advantages of bath. 
It cannot be denied that the National Manufac¬ 
turers’ Association has placed itself in a lofty 
and magnanimous attitude toward the wool 
growing interest of the country. Ostensibly, 
never was tho olive branch more frankly held 
out. Are we asked if we believe these overtures 
are sincere ? To suppose the contrary, to sup¬ 
pose that the officers and heads of many of the 
leading manufacturing firms of the United 
States, acting, too, as the official organs of an 
Association which embraces a large preponder¬ 
ance of the wool manufacturing capital of our 
country, would deliberately condescend to hold 
out the proffers wc have recorded, without 
intending to act up to them, is to suppose them 
guilty of even greater imbecility than insincerity. 
In that case, the olive branch they have held 
out, would prove a Upas branch iu its fruits! 
Can we attribute such gratuitous and inconceiv¬ 
able folly to a body of grave, able, experienced 
men, standing as high in business and social 
circles as any in the nation? 
Before wc harbor any such suspicions, let us 
test these men's motives by meeting them In the 
Convention they have proposed. And let us, as 
wool growers, take good care that wo semi to 
that Convention men of equal sagacity and lib¬ 
erality, so that if it fails in its objects the onus 
of the failure shall not rest upon us. 
Wc attribute the course of the manufacturers 
to the advance of more just and enlarged ideas 
in political economy, and in respect to the rela¬ 
tions and dependencies of industrial pursuits with 
aud upon each other—aided by the individual 
spirit and temper of those who compose the Gov¬ 
ernment of the Association. We had a long 
preliminary Interview with the President and 
Secretary, and gentlemen more utterly above 
any narrow class prejudices or traditions we 
never met with. The former, Mr. Bioblow of 
Massachusetts—who ranks among the greatest 
inventors in woolen machinery in the world—is 
a man of profound and jthilosophie mind and 
the ripest culture. The latter, Mr. Hayes of 
the 6arae State, is an able and brilliant writer, 
an experienced statistician, and an indefatigable 
investigator and explorer In the history of those 
arts and avocations which promote material civi¬ 
lization. We regret that it did not occur lo us 
to bring away a list of the other officers present 
for publication, a- the limits of a single session, 
devoted to important discussions, left us little 
time to form acquaintances or store up names 
in a memory not prone to retain them. But 
our friends may take the few names which we 
do now chance to recollect as samples of the 
texture of the meeting. These are those of 
Messrs. J. Covode, Archibald Campbell and 
8. W. Cattell of Pa., Theodore Pomeroy of 
Massachusetts, R. G. Hazard of Rhode Ibland, 
N. Kingsbury and H. Blanchard of Connecti¬ 
cut, J. H. Burleigh of Maine, T. S. Paxton, 
H. D. Tellkampp and C. Stott of New York, 
and D. H. Ward of New Hampshire. 
MR. JONES’ SHEEP. 
R. J. Jones, "West Cornwall, Vt., writes to 
us:— “My ram “Seville” is by “Comet,” by 
“California,” by “Long Wool,” by “Old 
Greasy,” by “Wooster” by “Old Black.” His 
dam ivas out ot an Iufantado ewe by the “ Cross 
Ram.” In 1856 I bought 40 ewe tegs of R. P. 
Hall, they being his entire lot of that age. 
These, with a few purchased two years after of 
C. B. Cook, were the beginning of my present 
flock. My rams—including the “Cross Ram,” 
have been mainly from the flock of W. R. 
Sanford. 
SCOURED FLEECE OF MR. HOLMES’ RAM. 
Marcellos, Nov. 9, 1S05. 
Hon. Henry S. Randall — Dear Sir: Some 
friend has Bent rue a copy of August, number of 
the Genesee Farmer, containing report of Com¬ 
mittee of New York 8tate Sheep Breeders’ and 
Wool Growers’ Association on scoured fleeces, 
in which Mr. Goffe states the manner of scorn¬ 
ing, by which I notice the wool underwent but 
one sconring. I wish to state that the fleece of 
Mr. Holmes, scoured at the Marcellus Woolen 
Mill, reported by me, was treated more thor¬ 
oughly. It was scoured in a tub of 6cventy-five 
gallons of similar prepared liquor, and scoured 
three times. The first process left over seven 
pounds, and the third left six pounds of wool. 
I make this statement deeming it due to Mr. 
Holmes, and to give more light on the subject, 
will state as a reason for the over - thorough 
treatment of the fleece, that in almost all cases 
of scouring tine wool we scour twice, it being 
impossible to scour fine unwashed wool by one 
process immediately after shearing. 
Respectfully Yours, Chester Moses. 
Remarks.— The instructions given to Mr. 
Goffe, by the New York State Sheep Breeders’ 
and Wool Growers’ Association, through its 
President, in regard to scouring the fleeces 
entered for the Moore Prize, were, that he 
should “scour them precisely as it should be 
done for manufacturing purposes—no less and 
no more.” These were our exact words to Mr. 
Goffe, and we have no doubt that they were 
complied with to the letter. That the fleeces 
might be rendered lighter by “ over-thorough 
treatment ” in cleansing, is very probable. We 
asked one of the leading manufacturers of the 
United States, within a few horns of this writing, 
whether in dousing wool for manufacturing it 
wa3 expected or was necessary to deprive it of 
every particle of its yolk. He replied in the 
negative. 
Our own impressions are very decided that 
the test adopted by the Association was the 
true one. It met all the practical objects which 
either the wool producer or the wool manufac¬ 
turer could have in view in resortiog to any 
experiment of this kind. And the criterion 
which it established was a perfectly familiar one 
to all practical wool cleansers; so that, if good 
faith was observed, it was as likely to be a uni¬ 
form one for different regions and different 
countries as any other. If from motives of 
curiosity, the producer and the cleanser see fit 
to resort to processe4y>f scouring which Mr. 
Moses concedes to b _• Jkver-thorough ” ones— 
if they undertake to'u’n^rtirn, not how much a 
given fleece will lose in weight in being fitted 
for manufacturing, but how muck it can be made 
to lose —there is certainly no objection to their 
performing as many such experiments as they 
please. But in thus varying from the criterion 
established by the Association, they place the 
producer at a disadvantage, by making it appear 
to those not familiar with the circumstances 
that his sheep rank lower in weight of wool, 
compared with other sheep whose fleeces are 
cleansed, than actually accords with the truth. 
— [ Editor. 
CONDENSED CORRESPONDENCE, ITEMS, &c. 
Death of “Compact."’— Messrs. Marshall and 
Stickney’s celebrated ram “ Compact,died on the 
lltb inst., from the rupture of a blood vessel. 
Springhalt—Wattles. — .T, C. Levering of Lever¬ 
ing, Ohio, asks if sheep have etringhaU, and how it Is 
cured—also, if thorough bred Merino sheep ever have 
wattles. Wc have seen a few cases of strtngbalt in 
sheep, but are not aware that any remedies have been 
employed to cure it. We used to sec wattles on sheep 
for which a pare blood pedigree was claimed, but they 
have become very rare, if not extinct, in the improved 
American family. 
Merino Purchase.—Isaac V. Baller, Jr., and E. 
W. Haruigan of Comstock's Landing, Washington 
Co., N. Y., recently purchased of Edwin Hammond & 
Bon of Middlebury, Vt., two very valuable ewes. One 
is a 7 year old ewe got by Sweepstakes, ami dam of 
the wrinkly ewe “Dolly,” now owned by Mr. Ham¬ 
mond. The other is a yearling ewe of great promise- 
due is with lamb by “ Kcarsetrge," and the other by 
“ Green Mountain.” 
Correction.— In giving the pedigree of Taft & 
Potter's ram “Osceola,” we stated our impression 
that the aire of the “ Sprague Ram,” therein named 
the “ Birchard Ram,” was the same we have published 
under the name of the “Tottenham Ram.” IUm.lin 
Birchard of Shorcham, Vt., writos to us:—“The 
Sprague I (am was bred by Alvin Clark of shoreham > 
(The interest of Prosper Elituaiif in said ram was 
acquired by purchase when more than a year old,) lie 
was got by the “Birchard Ram," known here ns “Old 
Ethan.” lie (Old Ethan) was bred by K. A Birchard 
out ofaRoblnsoii ewe (Panlnr.) by n ram bred by Ed 
WIN IIAMMOND. I bought Of E. A. BlRCHARD U hill' 
interest in Old Eathan when a yearling, and have kept 
him since. He is new six years old. lie has sheared 
twenty pounds or more each fleece since I havo owned 
him. He is the sire of more heavy wooled stock bucks 
than any other sheep in this vicinity." 
Market fob Angora Goats’ Fleeces.— Mr. ueo. 
w. Ogden of Paris, Ky., writes the Ohio Farmer that 
a market has been found for Angora wool which wo 
need not be ashamed to proclaim to the world. He 
says that Ihe fleece of one goat manufactured Into 
various articles isnch as fringes, tassels, etc.,) sells ut 
retail for live hundred dollars. Sir. O. gives an extract 
Horn a letter from Messrs. J.-.s. Tuornton A. Bon of 
Troy, N. Y., who have made some successful experi¬ 
ments in manufacturing Angora wool, and are now 
importing machinery that wifi comb 1,000 lbs. per Jay. 
They slate that next your, tr the wool can be produced 
by tho farmers of the West or any other part of the 
country, they can use 100,000 to SOO.OOOlbs., and would 
be willing to give more than double what they are 
now paying for Panada combing wool. If true, this 
is important news for the breeders of the Angora or 
Cashmere goats in this country. 
(ttommunicotums, 
ABOUT BEE-HIVES. 
Eds. Rural New Yorker : — I wish, through 
your paper, to say a word about bee-hives, and 
the profitableness of bees in several kinds of 
hives. I bad in the winter of 1862-8, three 
swarms, hived in two kinds of hives. Two 
were in the Vermont State Hive, the other was 
in the Phelps’ Ohio Combination Hive. In the 
spring I saw an advertisement of the “ Farmer’s 
Hive,” patented by Jasper Ha9sen of Albany, 
N. Y., and obtained the right to make and nse 
one. On the 28th of Jane, 1863, I pat a swarm 
into it. They tilled the hive nearly full of comb 
and made a few pounds of surplus honey, and 
wintered in a fine condition, In the following 
spring they commenced working very early, but 
did not swarm, nor did any of the others. 
The colony in the Farmer's Hive gave Ql lbs. 
surplus honey, while the colonies in the three 
other hives gave but a fraction over 25 lbs. 
Thus the Farmer's Hive gave double thesnrplnB 
of the other three, and ten pounds over. This 
season they all gave swarms, and one of the Ver¬ 
mont State Hives gave two swat ms. In addition 
to the swarm, the Farmer’s Hire gave 29 the., 
and 4 oz. surplus ; the other three, 12 lbs., and 
13 oz. of surplus only,—the Farmer’s Hive giving 
3 lbs., 10 oz., more than double that of the 
three. 
I know of no cause for the difference but the 
construction of the hives, and this sustains Mr. 
Qcinby’s remark that, “ the advantage of bee¬ 
keeping depends as much on, the construction 
of hives as any one thing.” I would not ex¬ 
change the Farmer’s Hive for any other that I 
have knowledge of. My bees are the common 
kind. Lemuel P. Wolcott. 
Southampton, Mass., Nov. 3d, 1865. 
guval £piHt of tlw 
Exporting Stock from Canada. 
The Canada Farmer of Nov. 1st says: — For 
some weeks past, herds of cattle have been 
making their way to various railroad depots 
throughout the country, aud freight trains have 
largely consisted of cattle-trucks. There has 
been a regular bovine exodus from all parts of 
the land. Hogs, too, have been on the tramp. 
If our American neighbors were a mutton- 
eating people, we should have to record the fact 
that the sheep also were fast leaving us; but 
they eat mutton so sparingly that our (locks 
are not much affected by the present eager de¬ 
mand for meat in the United States market. 
Some people are greatly alarmed at the whole¬ 
sale exportation of cattle and hogs which is 
now ■ going on. They think the country is 
being drained of live stock, and look with 
gloomy foreboding at the prospect of scarcity, 
with Its attendant high price or meat. But this 
is a very superficial view of the matter. The 
live stock which is being sent out of the country, 
bears a very small proportion to the number of 
animals owned by our farming population. It 
requires a largo annual sale of stock to work off 
the natural increase of the herds; and although 
there has been unusual demand tor live produce 
this fall, there is no lack of young stock left. 
Basement Stables. 
A writer in the Country Gentleman in 
reply to an inquiry in regard to the healthiness 
of basement stables, says:—“I have generally 
kept from fourteen to sixteen head of cattle in 
the basement ot toy barn, with front three to 
four horses, for twenty years past The horses 
are kept up the year round; the cows I general¬ 
ly turn out in the yard in trontof the barn, when 
the days arc pleasant The stables are regularly 
cleaned every day and well littered. A more 
healthy lot of stock I have never known, for I 
have not had a sick cow or horse since I have 
used these stables. I certainly like basement 
6tables—they are warm and comfortable in win¬ 
ter, and cooland pleasant in summer.” 
Weevil in Barns,— I have been plagued with 
weevil, less or more, for fifteen years, in my 
grain bins, and have tried every remedy I could 
hear of—lime, whitewash, elderberries, Ate., but 
all to no purpose; so T determined to try some¬ 
thing else.—In July, 1864, my barn being empty 
of grain, <Sic., but occupied by millions of weevils, 
I took a bucket full of salt and sowed it in the 
barn as a farmer would sow grain broadcast, 
about the granaries, mows, and every nook and 
corner which had grain in it. Ever since thrash¬ 
ing time last year, I have had grain iu tho barn, 
and not one weevil to be seen. - •/. J/., in Ohio 
Farmer . 
Lima Beans Injurious to Swine.—Two or 
three correspondents have written that the pods 
of Lima beans would kill hogs. We supposed 
that there mast be some mistake, as it can hardly 
be possible that the pod of this delicious bean 
contains anything poisonous, Mr. J. K. Eby, 
Harrisburg, Penn., has explained the mutter. 
Mr. K, lost two hogs, and a neighbor of his had 
seven die after eating the pods. A careful ex¬ 
amination was made aud It was found that the 
sharp, hard point of the shell stuck in the throat 
of the auimal, causing an irritation which re¬ 
sulted in death.- Agriculturist. 
Nest Eggs.— To have a supply of nest eggs in¬ 
destructible to heat or cold, just empty some 
eggs as you need them, through as small an 
aperture as possible; mix up with water, to 
tho consistence of cream, some pulverized plas¬ 
ter; fill up the shells brimming full; when they 
have hardened, if you choose to peel them, you 
will find them perfect; and 11 you think your 
Brahmas will be fastidious about color, a little 
annatto mixed in will render the Illusion perfect. 
So saith an exchange. 
Rural Notctf anb Stans. 
Weeklies Vf> Monthlies — Sour Grapes /or the 
Slow Vouch —The person who “runs” (or walks) a 
very slow agricnltnral monthly in this region (widely 
known as the Genesee Fanner from fifteen to twenty 
years ago, wheu It was a live, progressive and popu¬ 
lar journal) haB come to grief, for that whereas the 
Pkoclk arc so ignorant and stupid hs to prefer the 
Rural New-Yorker and other Agricultural and 
Family Weeklies to such a coach as he drives! Onr 
attention has heen called to an article in bis last 
number, wherein this aaperla'ive sage, who (in his 
own conceit) surpasses Solomon in wiBdom, tbnB 
compliments the fanners of the land of his adoption: — 
“But the truth is that too many [alas and alasII 
“ farmers care more for a miscellaneous, etory-tolling 
1 paper, than they do for one strictly devoted to their 
”int<rests. Or rather, perhaps, the fanners them- 
“ selves care little for an agricultural paper, but think 
•* it respectable to take one, and the less agricultural 
“ matter it contains the better It suits them. They 
“will take one of these miscellaneous family papers 
“in preference,” &c., &c. Ah, yes, “that's what’s 
the matter"—tho preference of the people for “ mis¬ 
cellaneous family papers,” which recognize the 
whole family and seek to interest and instruct all Us 
members, Instead of one only! Of course tho stupid 
people all over the country who are taking the Rural 
New-Yorker, New F.agland Farmer, Massachusetts 
Ploughman, Boston Cultivator, Maine Farmer, Ohio 
Farmer. Rural World, and other Agricultural aud 
Family Weeklies, will at once heed the sage udv ice 
and powerfn! admonition, and stop the aforesaid 
papers and subscribe for snch only as arc “ strictly 
devoted to their interests ”— for of course the welfare 
of their wives, sons and daughters is of no account! 
Perhaps it might be the path of safely for na (and our 
contemporaries above named) to sell out or assign 
immediately—yet, inasmuch as this journal has at 
least, ten subscribers to the aforesaid monthly’s one in 
Western New York, (with a fair prospect of a much 
greater difference,) we don't propose to give np yet 
awhile, and therefore shall endeavor to furnish Fifty- 
Two Numbers of the Rural New-Yorker, during the 
ensuing year, to each and all who comply with onr 
published rates of subscription. 
— Far be it from ns to condemn all monthlies. 
Many of them are most nsefnl and worthy; and one 
conducted with ability and enterprise—like the Amer¬ 
ican Agriculturist, for instance—is worth a dozen 
managed by narrow minded, Hellish, Jealous bodies, 
who, lacking the brains and tact which achieve suc¬ 
cess, decry and slander others in the vain hope of 
thereby securing popular favor and support. 
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The Def't of Agriculture on Crops, Ac.—T he 
October Report of the Department of Agriculture 
forms a pamphlet of torty-six pages, and contains, 
besides the tables, several articles of considerable 
interest to the farmer. An article on Tobacco takes 
decided ground against the imposition of a tax on the 
leaf. It appears from the tables that of Wheat the 
deficit in quantity of tho last crop, as compared with 
that of 186-1, is 13,173,904 bushels, and that tn quality 
it falls far enough short to make the actual deficit more 
than double this amount. The decrease In tho pro¬ 
duct or Rye from last year is 329.070 bushels. Barley 
gains 759,10$ bushels. There is a large Increase iu 
the Oat crop, it being the largest cvet produced. The 
gain over last year is 18,562 231 bushels. The yield ol 
flay is 5,421,089 tuns treater than In 1S0L Through¬ 
out the entire country the Com crop has never beeu 
equaled, but of fattening cattle there is a very mate¬ 
rial decrease iu numbers in all the States. 
Another Monthly Going.— The Cultivator— so 
long publishedat Albany, by Judge Bum. and Luther 
Tucker, and latterly by Tucker & Son — is to be 
merged in the Messrs. Tucker’s weekly at the close 
of this year. For many years The Cultivator was the 
most famous and widely-circulated journal of its class 
in this country* but la now discontinued (as other 
monthlies have been) for tho reason that the people 
have progressed with Die age and country ?nd re¬ 
quire a more frequent visitor. 
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Minor Rural Items.— The Weather of last week 
was mild ana plesteant—of the genuine Indian Sum¬ 
mer type—and of course extremely favorable for out¬ 
door operations. Hereabouts the fanners and garden 
ers well improved the sunshine and genial atmosphere, 
and did much toward completing their] fall work. 
The people have also been favored with 
Fine Weather both East and IWL—The New Eng¬ 
land Farmer or Nov. 18th speaks of some quite cold 
weather the previous week, but adds that "since 
Sunday (the 12th» it has been quite moderate—real 
Indian summer weather.” And the Prairie Farmer, 
(Chicago,) of the same date says:—“We arc iu the 
midst of the mildest and pleasantest Indian summer 
that wc yet remember in the West; scarcely a cloud 
visible day or night for nearly two weeks.” 
Prayer for RtlUffrom the. CaUU Plague in England. 
—Queen Victoria bas ordered that a certain form of 
Prayer, for relief from the Plague now existing among 
Cattle, aud for protection against tho Cholera, be 
road every Sunday until further orders, in nil the 
churches and chapels or England and Wales. 
Thanksgiving in Ireland for a bountiful Harvest 
and Exemption from Ih■ Cattle PtaQu *- Th ® Bishop 
or Meath has addressed a letter to iff? clergy, suggest- 
ing a Bmidny or special thanksgiving, with appropri¬ 
ate sermons, for the bountiful harvest aud the exemp¬ 
tion of Ireland from the cattle plague and pestilence. 
To Aid the Planters.- A Richmond paper says a 
company is organizing which has a capital of ft.OdO,- 
000, for the purpose of making loans to Southern 
planters who need capital to re commence operations. 
Texas Crops and Prio r -The crops are splendid In 
Northern Texas. Corn sells at 30 to 40 corns per 
bushel, wheat B0 cents, butter 17 cents jier pound, 
eggs 12,'.; cte. per dozen, and chickens the same, each. 
Industrial College. It Is announced that a conven¬ 
tion of delegates from the County Ag. Societies of 
Illinois, Is to he hold at Bloomington, Dec, 14th, to 
consider Industrial College matters. 
The Regulations against th<■ Cattle Plague are so 
stringent in Germany, that recently a stuffed wolf was 
prevented from crossing tho frontier for fear of spread¬ 
ing the Infection! 
Receipts at California Fairs.— The receipts ut the 
late California State Ag’l Fair, were $ 17 , 000 -and at 
the Mechanics' Fair, Kan Francisco, $38,000. 
Dogs vs. Sheep.—In Iowa there arc 89,000 dogs, and 
last year there were destroyed by the dogs and the 
wolves $120,148 worth of sheep. 
A Poultry Pestilence is raging in the suburban hen 
coops of Paris. Fowls die iu large numbers without 
any perceptible cause. 
Animal Fats are much better than vegetable oil for 
all kinds ef agricultural machinery, according to the 
Scientific American. 
