either sooner or later, and be a deserved lesson 
to those tanners who have committed the 
wrong for so many years. 
Perceiving that many of our wool growers arc 
have a good shelter, but they have at the same 
time free egress from it, at least In the day time so 
that they can, and frequently do, expose themselves 
to falling snow. As shearing in Merino flocks does 
not, in the “ordinary way,” occnr tititil the middle of 
.tune thi! accumulated “grease 1 " of the winter is 
unacquainted with the wool trade of the world, June, the accumulated “grease 1 ' of the winter is 
it is perhaps proper to inform them that more again washed out of the wool hy the spring ruins he.. 
unwashSl Sni wool is coming into the London fore shearing. 
. .1 .n» nr SnmMlIcflllb. The were the substance In question literally grease uc 
, . , „n „„r Amnestic cliu The were the eubstanee in quesuoii me.i.uj r,■«>««> — 
market alone, than aU our domestic clip. J e ^ ( , l1ld vulgar mUm.mcr, hut 
principal countries sending moBt of their wool b ftlmofl( . ft ^ * a , Hrg0 portion of it disappears 
in an uuwashed condition, are Australia, New w {^ remarkable celerity under a pelting rain. Let 
Zealaud, Van Pieman's Land, Cape, of Good mu , h H rain occur af „. r the wool lias been previously 
Hope, Buenos Ayres, Morocco and neighboring wcU ,;d for a few hours, and many a “fancy” ram, 
States with some also of less importance. thus exposed, would not be recognized by a person 
The’wool from Australia, New Zealand, Van who had carefully examined him but a few hours be- 
c i rTrt«/. »j fore. 8om6 or our will rciDciubtir th® pll^bt 
Dicman’B Land aod the Cape of <>ood Hope I ora portlon of 1he merinos (and some of the bent ones 
not. tied with twine or strings, but. put lri the on the ground') on the socondday of exhibition at tko 
sacks after being skirted- that is, alter the bel- la6t btAl0 Pair at. Plica, owing to a rain which fell the 
lies, breeches and head wool, and the impurities preceding night. Tbc rain made its way through or 
Iptrat J&flivit of the 
Sugar Preventing Generation. 
Mn. Henry Tannrh, Professor of Rural 
Economy In Queens College, Birmingham says: 
_o j have every reason to believe that the action 
of sugar, In its varous forms, la most important 
in its influence on the generative system ; and 1 
think there is just cause for considering that any 
animal may by its use be rendered incom¬ 
petent for propagating its species. Since my 
attention has been drawn to this fad, numerous 
instances have come under my observation, tend¬ 
ing to confirm this Opinion. From among the 
cases which I could mention it. will prohably be 
season, an eighth part of callow should be melted 
with it. It should be laid on in a melted condl 
liou, but no warmer thau oues finger dipped in 
the muss can bear. 
When It is first applied to a boot or shoe, the 
leather should be previously soaked la water, 
that It. rimy swell up, so that the pores can open 
well and thoroughly absorb the lard. The liquid 
lard should be smeared over the article to be 
water proofed at least, three or four times, and 
sole leather nftener still. Afterwards, the lard 
remaining visible on the ontalde, should ho wiped 
off with a rag. By this means, you may have a 
water proof boot or shoe, without the annoyance 
caused liy most stiitfs penetrating the leather 
and greasing the stockings. An occasional coat- 
have been taken out (to be packed by them¬ 
selves) and the lower qualities of fleeces rejected, 
to be packed separately. 
The shrinkage is salcr to be estimated than 
with our domestic washed wool iu its mixed and 
uncertain condition. The loss is perfectly un¬ 
derstood by both buyers and sellers, including 
the wool growers, and there is no cheating this 
way, and none intended. Some of the Aus¬ 
tralian and Cape wool renders 40 lbs. clean of 100 
lbs. unwashed; but there are other sections 
easily to be found that yield ouly 30, others 85 
to 87 liis. of 100 lbs. in grease. 
Tfie Buenos Ayres wool is also skirted and 
tellies packed separately. The fleeces are 
rolled up single and tied by a Bmooth, thin 
twine crosswise only. 
Sometimes the wool is sent off in the unclas¬ 
sified Btate, but it is mostly carefully packed, 
according to the various qualities, and it is lor 
this reason the better liked by the manufac- 
fore, Som# Of our reader* will remembw mu pngnt ^aseft which I could mention it will proDaoiy m )ltK j gaming Uu*. st ock Inge. An occasional coat- 
ora portion of the Merinos (ami some of tbc best ones hUfflc j ent f or mo to state that of a breeder of lng of bo ^ & lard lft alsu to be rcc0 mmendcd for 
on the ground!) o« the socondday of oxhlhUbin at the BOme em | nen ce, who, with a view to an improve- patent leather boots and shoes, as It. prevents 
preceding nirhL or tawt in the condition of his herd added mm , be father from cracking, and if it be not rub- 
|.,,, tb * r.it.f, of i ho pon., nnd when.* 11 .truck M.u !*»»'•« K> the Jry food bo k»vo to bio otoclt. It b «J in too .iraoKl; tbe loolbcr will ohloc Just «. 
Rural Notes anb Items. 
About Free Advertising. — Every editor who 
controls a paper of large circulation Is dally liable, to 
have Artesian wells bored In bln ears by those who 
wish to secure the attention of the public to tliolr 
wuros, inventions, etc.., without, charge. An Innocent, 
unsuspecting person, on listening to the plausible 
urgiimetit 4 nnd appeals of these gentry, would suppose 
them the most, benevolent people In the world - that 
the great Idea of their lives was to benefit mankind 
and the country, at any reasonable sacrifice anil that 
they only wished the aid of the Press to further phi¬ 
lanthropic objects. One wants a commendatory notice 
of what perhaps the editor never saw ; anothur only 
wishes the Insertion of a communication speaking tn 
"proper terms' 1 ol an unparalleled invention ; and so 
on and so forth. Each generally affirms that he “ takes 
the paper,” and of course should control It-or, per¬ 
haps, “will obtain many new subscribers for the 
paper, and thus greatly enlarge Its usefulness,” If the 
fUifin Ul |,uu nr, nuu vvuww »v uw . . , ... f | f « iiiiun '-"'“'Si’- 
housed sheep, they were not so much certainly produced the result bo anticipated, tor well after the grease bus been applied.-A’/toe and editor will only give from live to Arty dollars’ worth 
discolored as uncolored, if we may coin a word ! 
On some the rain had dripped through holes In 
spots, aud they were loft, spotted; on others It had 
trickled through cracks in streaks, and they were left 
streaked! Wherever the water had fallen on the 
fleeces to any extent, a dirty lend color or yellowish 
brown had succeeded to the splendid contraband hue 
— the glossy black which Is so diligently sought 
after by buyers of Merinos, and which is therefore so 
diligently manufactured by breeders. We suppose 
we need not tell our manufacturing friends that in- 
splsented yolk (“grease") retained on the outer ex¬ 
tremity of the wool, becomes of a color more or less 
approaching to black, and that If it. is iinuhtd off by 
rain, the fleece, externally, takes a lead colored 
brown, or yellowish brown line. 
Under these clrcnnistances, Mr. Tki.uk am rr cannot 
Of course deduce a rule of shrinkage from the shrink 
age of the fleeces entered Tor the Moore Prize, which 
wonld apply justly and equally to the unwashed wool 
of sheep kept “ in the ordinary way." If then, as we 
understand him to propose, unwashed domestic wools 
their appearance and general condition was most 
satisfactory; but this was accompanied by an In¬ 
fluence ho had tu'vcr expected; for his stock, 
which had alwayyrealized high prices as breed¬ 
ing stock, now, with very few exceptions, proved 
to he valueless for that object, mate and female 
being alike sterile, As soon as this was discov¬ 
ered the supply of molasses was stopped. But 
whilst the animals which had been under its in¬ 
fluence maintained the original character Of the 
herd, as being good breeding stock, it is very 
doubtlut if any of the stock which had been fed 
for any length of time upon food mixed with 
molasses ever regained their breeding powers, 
it is more than probable that a fatty degenera¬ 
tion of the ovaries took place, from which they 
would but slowly recover under any ordinary 
treatment. 
In another ca e where molasses had been used 
for some heifers which were fattening, H had the 
Leather Reporter. 
How Many Cabbages Per Acre. 
Thu great cabbage growers about New York 
city generally calculate upon 10,000 heads per 
acre, allowing four superficial feet to each plant, 
which gives a surplus of 8,560 foet for missing 
plants. We suppose the crop may average five 
cents ft head, giving $500 an acre, which consid¬ 
ering it is a second or third crop of the season, 
affords a pretty good return. Cabbages often 
follow peas, with which radishes or lettuce has 
been grown; and ground from which an early 
crop of potatoes has been taken is often planted 
with late cabbages. The soil for this crop must 
be rich and manure used unsparingly. Hog 
manure is not approved in this vicinity; it is 
said that it produces “ club footed cabbages.” 
Tim gardeners prefer rot ation for this crop,though 
we have known good cabbages grown upon the 
tures, facilitating, ns it does, the assorting iu ahali be a* freely purchased in onr markets hereafter effect of suppressing those periodical returns of spot a dozen years in succession. Near a 
the mills, <tec. 
The loss of weight hy scouring or cleaning, is 
easily estimated and with greater certainty than 
with our washed mixed domestic wool, in gen¬ 
eral, 100 lbs. render 87 to 30 lbs. clean, from the 
light to the heaviest. 
Considering t he freight, we would say that 
unwashed wool is mostly taken at half the price 
that the washed is paying. But we will uot 
claim this difference for our domestic, as we 
have seen that 144% lbs. of unwashed is equal 
to 100 lbs. washed, both quantities yielding each 
54# lbs., or the, same quantity clean wool. A 
reduction of one-third of the present freight rates 
would cover all and do justice to each party. 
REMARKS. 
We have already mentioned that the two articles on 
the above subject were written by H. D. Tellkampf, 
Esq., of the firm of Tjsu.kamit & Kitciuno, New 
York City, and consequently by one of tbe foremost 
wool merchants of the United States. The reasons 
assigned by him for bringing wool to market “ in the 
grease,” instead of washed, are unanswerable. A 
spirit of fairnesB and candor pervades all his Views, 
bet he Is misinformed as to one tact, and has not been 
informed in regard to another,— both of which are of 
considerable Importance In this discussion. 
He is utterly mistaken In supposing that, the sheep 
sheared at. Canandaigua, for the Moork Prize, “had 
been carefully selected and fed lor that one year’s 
growth of the fleeces, for this occasion." If Mr. 
Tellhawit means that they had been fed through, the ’ 
year lbr that occasion, wo will inform him that the 
Moore Prize was neither offered nor contemplated, ■ 
but a few weeks before the Fair was held, so tt»at 1 
special preparations of any ktnd calculated to affect 
the result, to any appreciable extent (except that in a ' 
particular presently to be. adverted to) were out of the 
question. The Ootswold cwo is Haled in the official 
record of the shearing to have been “fat,” and she 
was in very fine store order for a yearling sheep—but 
,'Ue was not vat in the technical sense in which Mr. 
Tellkampf under.lands the word,). e., she had not 
been ratted tor the bntcher or for the occasion, and 
was not. above tins condition of any well kept Cota- 
wold teg in the flocks of breeders. We know the 
precise facts in the promises, for wo stood looking on 
as her fleece was sheared and weighed, and we directed 
that she should lie entered as “fat” on tbe record. 
This was a matter of Justice to Her owner, because 
the prize was given for the greatest, proportion of 
wool to weight iff carcass, and some of the sheep 
shorn were not In us high condition, 1 
The fact, or which our correspondent is uninformed, 
le tbe condition, as respects comparative cleanliness, 
of the U nices shorn at Canandaigua. They were not 
ouly uu washed, but mqst of the sheep bearing them 
find been housed iu summer as well as winter, so that 
neither rain nor snow had fallen on them. Conse¬ 
quently, (bating the effects of evaporation,) all the 
“grease," as it is technically termed in commerce, 
was preserved in the wool; and in the improved 
American Merino of the present day, in which the 
secretion of that substance lias been rendered vastly 
greater than iu the original Spanish sheep or any of 
•is other offshoots, the difference between the weight, 
of the fleece of a summer and winter housed sheep, 
and that of the same sheep treated in the ordinary way, 
is on the average at least, two pounds on the ram and 
one pound on the owe. We gave these 11 gurus as the 
supposed extreme ones only a little over two years 
ago in the Practical Shepherd. “Greaae” has so 
thriven since, under the bounties practically paid for 
it loj the manufacturer , and under certain other atlro- 
uhints presently to he alluded to, that wo ure morally 
certain trim wo saw rams at the Hiate Sheep Fair at 
Canandaigua which literally lugged round fee punnets 
more yolk, or “grease," than they would have done 
treated In the ordinary way! 
Let us understand terms. What Is the “ordinary 
way ” of treating Merino sheep In respect to hous¬ 
ing '! It Is (in the Eastern and Middle States) to turn 
them into the pasturosbetween the 1st and the 18th of 
May, according to the weather, and not thenceforth 
give them a particle of artificial shelter until they are 
“ taken up" In the fall s»y, In this climate, from the 
middle to the 86th of November. In winter they 
’ Every one will understand that under such a 
test a person might, keep a sheep in good condition 
throughout, most of the year to promote the growth of 
wool, and then hy suddenly and rapidly reducing its 
condition for a couple of weeks or more before the 
Fair, make the weglff. of carcass greatly below its 
legitimate proportion to tint weight of wool, and thus, 
give a fraudulent advantage to the competitor who 
resorted to such u trick hu obtain the prize. Ilad the 
Evocative Hoard of tbc Association round evidences 
of such trick, or even found any very poor sheep com 
as washed ones-nay. receive the preference — hut at 
the same time submit to the present one third shrink¬ 
age rale on the ■weight, what will he the practical 
result ? Tbp manufacturer will have con*ed to pay a 
bonus on frauds in washing, tint he will commence 
paying a bonus more onerous (to himself) on the prop 
agation (»'<t preservation of "grease!" Gen. Tay¬ 
lor’s directions to Braoo at Buena Vista —"give 
them a little more grape, Captain "—will be promptly 
obeyed by onr wide awake wool growers, but. with a 
difference. They will give the manufacturers a good 
deal more “ grease! ” 
The genuine greasy sheep at Canandaigua were not 
entered for the Moore Prize. Their owners knew 
bettor than to expose them to each a test. Of two of 
them the wool was so massed together in dots or 
gobs by viscid, waxy yolk, that it seemed as tf n hand¬ 
ful of it thrown against a wall would have stuck! One 
person with humorous exaggeration declared that it 
reminded him of rough-coat plaster—considerable 
mortar and a few hairs. Another said a piece ol it 
looked like a piece of beeswax candle which some¬ 
body had stopped on and smashed, bo that the wick 
showed I One ram there exhibited we have carefully 
examined since, and wo vouch, in all seriousness, for 
tbc following fact. On opening the wool on his 
rump and pressing down with the iingerr on each 
side of the opening, liquid yolk, looking like oil, will 
rise up through the wool and ran, as water would rise 
up aud run, under like clrcumstancee, from a satur¬ 
ated sponge. These sheep are supposed to have a 
useful place in breeding — to counteract the opposite 
defect of dryness—but that is nut: the point now In 
question. The point in, do the American manufac¬ 
turers wish to adopt a ru'o which will convert, all tbe 
Merino sheep of our country Into such sheep? If 
they do, they can be readily and rapidly accommo¬ 
dated. Two sitccesBlvc crosses with such rarns will 
do much towards it, Hiid one or two more will give 
them, on the average, more than 75 per cent, of 
soap (“grease") In every pound of Merino wool 
which they purchase. 
In the name of the legitimate wool growers of the 
United Elates we utterly protest against the continu¬ 
ance of the one third shrinkage rule. We ask the 
manufacturer to buy our wool unwashed as readily as 
In any other situation, ir our convenience requires us 
to offer it for sale in that state-but wo ask him to 
buy it as the buyers of all other commodities buy 
flirty, damaged, or impure articles, viz., hy a rate of 
deduction or shrinkage proportioned to the actual 
condition Of each separate parcel. Does the butter 
buyer, if offered a lot of butter out of condition, 
require a fixed rate of deduction from the market 
price—ft third, or a quarter oft—wholly irrespective or 
the fact whether the butter is much or little out of con¬ 
dition ? Does the wheat, buyer if he finds two parcels 
restlessness which prevent heifers feeding as 
well as steers; and it kept them steadily pro¬ 
gressing during the whole period of their fatten¬ 
ing, and the result wars highly satisfactory. If, 
therefore, upon further trial wc find sugar iufiu- 
ential in cheeking the reproductive functions, 
we can at any rate exercise a proper discretion 
in its use; and whilst avoiding it for breeding 
aulmals, we may encourage its employment 
when cows or heifers have to be fattened. 
Smoking Hams. 
In the first place, hams should be placed so 
far from the Are that the smoke will lie abso¬ 
lutely cool before it reaches them. Then they 
should be hung in a room open to the atmos¬ 
phere, not tight like a barrel, ami should not be 
smoked rapidly us they would be In a barrel, 
until nearly black on the outside. A moderate 
smoke made twice as many duys as a ham 
weighs pounds, Will make good, sweet smoked 
meat. Never .*4k;’ucncc smoking until your 
hams have hunguong enough after taking out 
o! tlie pickle to be thoroughly dried. The 
city there is no doubt about the profitableness 
of the crop ; and we believe It u valuable one. for 
tood for cattle and sheep. It increases the. flow 
of milk, but it does not improve the quality. 
Irrigation is valuable where cabbages are grown, 
as they require a vast quantity of water as well 
as manure, with deep tillage and thorough cul¬ 
tivation.— Tribune. 
Effect of Chloroform on Bees. 
A few days since Mr. Annan, builder, 
Dowufleld, wishing to have the honey taken 
from a hive without resorting to the common 
practice of smoking the bees with brimstone, 
and thereby killing them — aud having before 
heard of chloroform being used—felt auxious to 
try the experiment, which was done hy Mr. 
Laird, druggist. Mr. Laird first closed the door¬ 
way, then covered the hive with a doth to shut 
out the light as much as possible, after which ho 
commenced to blow chloroform amongst the 
bees, Immediately upon which they began to 
make ft humming noise; but, at tlie chloroform 
was continued to be blown in amongst them, 
English dry their hamB and use them without, the storm speedily changed into a calm, when it 
smoking. They are far preferable that way to 
hams smoked as those recommended above, 
in a barrel or any similar contrivance. 
Many persona bavc spare rooms about their 
buildings, sometimes iu the garret of a dwelling, 
iu which hams can be smoked, by making a tire 
ont-doors, or in a stove, and conducting the 
smoke through a long pipe. We have seen a 
very nice smoke house, wln-re the lire was built. 
50 or 60 feet from tbe building, in a little oven 
dug in tbe ground, the smoke being conducted 
through a covered trench up a hill-side to the 
base ot the building, aud then through a wooden 
t ipc to the garret, where the meat was hung 
upon the rafters. During the smoking opera¬ 
tion a window was kept open in each end of 
the room. 
Remember, as a rule, the slower you smoko 
the meat the better. The beat wood is green 
hickory, then maple, beech, ash, apple tree. 
Never ubo locust; the bark imparts an un¬ 
pleasant flavor to the meat,. Several other 
kinds of wood do the same. Corn cobs make 
very sweet bacon. Never ure any wood timt 
makes a black smoke. Never use rotten wood, 
nor saw-dust. The last day of smoking it is a 
was soon discovered that the bees had fallen 
asleep, so that they were easily removed to 
another hive without harm to any one; and 
next morning they were all awake and iu a lively 
utftte, humming around their hive—no doubt 
wondering what, hud happened. This being a 
successful and useful experiment iu keeping the 
bees alive, we think it right to make it known 
for the benefit of Others.— Foreign Taper. 
Stall-Feeding. 
The cattle intended for stall-feeding, if not 
put up last month, should be housed without 
delay, the nights now getting long aud cold; 
for it kept, out they would lose condition. 
When first housed give plenty of air to prevent 
undue perspiration, and feed sparingly, lest 
they get surfeited, hOVCtt, or purged, any of 
which would tend to Iobs of condition. Feed 
regularly three times a day, viz.: — Eight iu the 
morning, at noon, and five iu tho evening, and 
let those hours be rigidly attended to, when 
once established. The solter and worst keeping 
varieties of turnips should be fed oil first, keep¬ 
ing the swedes till those are all used up, and 
retaining the mangels lor finishing. Increase 
of equal quality, one containing a pint and the other g00( j pj an j 0 burn a lew pepper pods.— Solon the dally rations gradually, giving each beaut us 
a peck of foul seed to the bushel, arbitrarily compel much ouly as it can cleanly consume, removing 
the owner of the former to take the same price with-* ur i,luH when the uuiwul seems satisfied, and 
^e.h Eggs in Winter. supply each with a small quantity of hay closing 
and unequal washing now practiced, and encouraged ^ whiter in the New England Farmer thus U P ,ll ° l,0U80 ' and leaving them to res e 
by the onc-tbirfl shrinkage rule, it is as difficult to dcBcr ibes ids treatment of hens, which results next hour lor leeding comes on. Ihe reluso 
decide on the relative condition and values of so-called la b fa obtaining from one dozen lowle an average tood will serve the young ami store stock, 
washed, us unwashed wool, in other words, washed ( f ^ IW wut . 1; . thromrh the wluter. which will eat it up greedily.- Irish Farm. Vue. 
wold varies as much in its proportion of greaie, us. 
unwashed. And unwashed wool taken from the 
greasiest flocks of Merinos which are housed iu Hum¬ 
mer, coutalns more than fifty per cent, more yolk 
than that taken from the ordinary Merinos of the 
country which arc not housed lit the summer. 
Robinson. 
Fresh Eggs in Winter. 
A whiter in the New England Farmer thus 
describes Ida treatment of hens, Which insults 
in his obtaining from one. dozen fowls an average 
ol two dozen eggs per week, through the wluter. 
Lie f' edft them onu quart and a hair of shelled 
corn dally, wubIilyI down with a dish of sour 
milk, with occasionally crumbs from the mas¬ 
ter’s table. They have been moreover confined 
How Much Pork from a Bushel of Com, 
A series of carefully conducted experi¬ 
ments have established the following rule upon 
lids subject. A bushel of good, raw, onground 
:U are not housed in the summer. in ft Bn ug hen house, well lighted by one large this subject. A bushel of good, raw, unground 
window on the south side, and provided with a corn, fed to a middliug good breed, in comforta- 
-i.n k analyses of the yolk (“grease ") in , )0X tti| .. B ] a | ied | ltm . f or them to pick materials bio quarters without, much sun, and not allowed 
y nitt f tta^ from for their egg shells, another box ol' gravel, to root, and before cold weather, will produce 
»ter part of it; 2, a small quantity of car- and another of wood ashes for them to wallow ten pouuds of pork, and if the breed Is very 
q'lla'un w^oHe state of comnlnatton he In at pleasure. Now and then a lioue has been good, fifteen. Tbe sumo amount ol tomented 
* VArquiu.i.Vii analyses of the yolk (“grease’ j in 
wool rimy not be familiar to all our readers. He found 
it,. 1, u soapy matter with a bantu of potash, which 
formed a greater part of It; 2, a small quantity of car¬ 
bonate of potash; 8, a perceptible quantity ot acetate 
of potash; 4, lime, whose state of cornlilnatton he 
vvhh unacquainted with; .5, an atom of the muriulo 
of potash; (i, au animal oil to which he attributed the 
peculiar odor of yolk. 
of advertising! We are disgusted with this whole 
Iribo of bores personal aud by letter—and are often 
constrained to express, verbally, our opinion, of 
individual specimens, in languane more emphatic than 
courteous. And we again give notice that the edito¬ 
rial departments of the Hunan Nkw-Youkku are 
neither Intended nor used for the benefit of patentees, 
manufacturers, or others who wish something for 
nothing. The Agricultural Press has long suffered 
from this uulsauce, as we have plainly cearacterlzed 
it before, and we are bound to do onr share toward 
Its abatement. 
Minou Rural Itkmh. — The Weather of the past 
week lias been unusually mild for the season. As wo 
write (Dec. -I,) the temperature is more like May than 
December, people having out-door work arc pleasant 
and busy, and heavily freighted canal boats arc 
making rapid progress to and from tide water. 
The N. IT. Agrlculturxil College is not yet located, 
and those in authority seem Inclined to unite it with 
Dari mouth College, as the proceeds from land scrip 
will not be sufficient to sustain a distinct Institution. 
Illinois Industrial Universityh convention of agri¬ 
culturists, mechanics and manufacturers will meet 
at Bloomington, III., Dec. 11th, to discuss the mode of 
locating the Industrial University of that State. 
The Corn Crop of lstlS is generally admitted to lie 
the largest and best, ever grown In this country. It 
will provo a great blessing, as corn i* justly consid¬ 
ered the most important of all the cereals. 
An Onion Fair , lately held at Birmingham, Eng., 
was attended by 40,000 people, and many were so 
overcome by the magnificence of the “silver skins” 
that they shod tears copiously t 
Our Next Volume .—'Tell your (Heads who don’t take 
the Rural New-Yorker, that its seventeenth volume 
commences next, month; and wc trust you will advise 
them to subscribe. 
Grain Destroyed ly Locusts. — In the province of 
Hamarla, Russia, the grain has this year been com¬ 
pletely destroyed by locusts. They visited the same 
province in 1863. 
Sorgho Seed from China .-It is said that a portion 
of the aorgho seed purchased tn China, by an agent of 
the Department of Agriculture, has been received. 
liens' Rests made of Bycnmoro leaves Instead or 
hay or straw, protect fowls from llcft, and, with white¬ 
washing, banish vermin fi-om the building. 
Death from Glanders—Thu papers report that a 
negro In Maryland lately died of glanders, the disease 
being contracted from a ghindered mule. 
The Western Rural I* now published simultaneously 
at Detroit, and Uhlcago-whfah wo don’t believe the 
publisher will find profitable. 
Fast Shearing .—Two men in Ireland are said to 
have shorn, in lUtaon honrs, 225 sheep that averaged 
7 lbs. to the fleece. 
Our Factory System of Cheese-Making is being urged 
upon English farmers by their agricultural Journals. 
The. Appls Crop of Great Britain is a failure, says 
the Scottish Farmer. 
The Hop Crop of Wisconsin is estimated to bo worth 
$2,000,000. ___ 
Ouu Southern Suusckibers.— Now that, the malls 
are being largely restored at the South, wo give notice 
to those persons In the different Southern States who 
were subscribers to the Rural when the war liroko 
out, that we ure ready to till out tho unexplxed sub- 
i scriptlous for which they had paid. If such persons 
will send us their present addresses, (specifying their 
former post-offices,) the paper will be forwarded. 
, - — » > - -- 
Valuahle Sheep for Livinoston Co.—Wc learn 
I that John Sheldon of Moscow, N. Y., lias purchased 
j of that most successful breeder of pure Atwood stock, 
Mr, Btowell of Cornwall, Vt., Ul» pure Iufantndo 
' ram “Daw Drop" for $5,000. Also five ewes at $250 
' ouch all pure Atwoood blood. Wo think this places 
1 old LlvlngBtou Iu tho front rank for valuable sheep. 
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Transactions N. Y. State An. Society. -Canyou 
0 inform me through the Rural, how I may obtain a 
copy of tho Transactions ut ttie New 5oik Mate Ag. 
1 Society? ir yon canyon will greatly oblige me, aud 
• l think there are many farmers lu tlio State who would 
like to procure copies, but who. like mo, do know 
how to obtain them.—J acoii D. Johnson, MlnuclUe, 
n . r. 
The best way to procure the Transactions Is to ap- 
„ ply to the Assemblyman or Senator from your district, 
as each member has u certain number of copies for 
distribution. Next to that, apply to the Secretary of 
l ' the Society, Col. B. P. Johnson, Albany. 
White Cut)van Bbki>.~ 1 wish to Inquire through 
the Rural where I can procure tho seed ot tho Knal 
white clover. Its probable coat, and the bent time of 
thrown ill for them to pick, and S ‘••hunk Of «0«1 one-ball more, ami if COOked Rl*0, - procure white clover seed of tiny largo 
ret use moat, besides all tbe egg shells lrotn the about three-fourths more than the first named, w |j 0 j cwtt j 0 clualwr in »eod«. Messrs. Bumos & Buo., of 
kitchen. The tithe spent in their service has heuce It is easy to Unit bow much pork should lhl(4 clty m ,„ u i, costs here by the quantity 75 cts. 
averaged fifteen minutes daily. Besides the bring to correspond with the price of corn. })) , r j.omld; retail, $1.2-5. It l# imported from England 
fresh eggs, their Other droppings have already Take, for Instance, raw corn, tho most common afld ra i Be ,i’i n Germany. It Is sown In lawns, yards, 
amounted to two barrels ol' manure equivalent way it is fed: pork at five cents per pound fa and In Helds to raise food for bees. The seed is very 
to guano, with au unfailing supply in prospect, equal to corn at fitly cents per bushel, aud so heavy. Spring fa doubtless the best scubou to sow t. 
‘-- ou, above or below, iu the sumo ratio. 8o suys --**-•— 
C 3 r« n .« for Leather. ’ a correspondent in the Prairie Farmer. Tanning and Phei’Auino Foi».-W‘ n 
White Clover, Its probable cost, and the best time ef 
year to sow it.—J. Storms, Lima, Mich., Rov., 18fa>. 
iteting for the prize, they would have taken the n- inflammatory type t,hau the o 
HpouslbJlityol' ruling It out. Ai d a record ol condi- u.-uiu and Tuokne in the 1 
t. on was kept to show what tlm facts actually were In Seaman ami j hoi.ni 
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that respect, in each particular case. 
CONDENSED CORRESPONDENCE, ITEMS, &c. 
Lett i no Bueei 1 .— Our correspondent from ilamlet, 
Chautauqua Co., N. Y., Is Informed that wo do not 
know of any sheep proprietor who wishes to let them 
on shares. 
Bcaii. —Subscriber,” La Crosse, Wls., describes 
symptoms which more resemble those of scab thau 
any others. If the disease Is scab, It has by fills time 
progressed much further, and made its Indications 
unmistakable. 
Parturient Fever —R. U- Patterson, Blendon, 
Franklin Co., Ohio. Your communication has been 
mislaid. The disease described by you we take to 
bo parturient fever, though it took a lower and less 
Inflammatory type than Die cases described by Messrs. 
Hkaman and Thorne in the Practical Shepherd. What 
was the result, aud tho extent of the mortality ? 
kitchen. Tho tithe spent iu their service lias heuce It Is easy to find how much pork should 
averaged fifteen minutes daily. Besides the bring to correspond with the price of corn. 
to guano, with uu unfailing supply in prospect. 
aDCl IJi IimUB IHinu * - - 
heavy. Spring is doubtless the best season to sow it. 
Grease for Leather. 
In smearing leather with oil, wc aim not 
ouly at. milking the leather pliant, but also ut 
making it water proof, Train oil is often used 
lor this purpose, but no tat is suited to render 
leather permanently water- proof, traiu oil posHes- 
acs tills characteristic, that after a while it. dries 
up, and t hen the leather becomes brittle. IIog» 
lard fa admirably adapted to secure both object* 
pliability and Impermeability to water, it ren¬ 
ders tho leather perfectly pliant, and no water 
Cftu penetrate it. It is especially suitable for 
greasing boots and shoes; but, lu tho summer 
To Preserve Pumpkins. — Bolc'.c the ripest 
aud largest iu tho field, pare and stew them dry, 
then spread it on sheets and dry it. in the oven 
with a slow fire until all the moisture fa ex¬ 
tracted, when it will he a dry, hard, thin layer, 
which may be packed away in a dry place until 
required for use. Be card ul to dry, not to cook 
or bake it while lu th« stovo wveu. When 
required for use soak it over night in sweet 
milk. By following t.h /-sc directions you may 
have pumpkin pie- i)'^ the year round. — Ex. 
Tanning and I’iievauinu Funs. Will you, or some 
one of the many Rural readers, oblige m«by,i from 
mime good wuy io remove the unpleasant < 1(l ‘ lrtl ‘ 
the far Of tbe fox, coon, muskrat and Bkuuk. so that 
they maybe used for making robes, cap*, Ifloves, or 
anything that they can lie profitably ueed hu ? »ou 
F.uoukr, i'frfw, iY. U. 
Wo have received several Inquiries about Turn how 
to dress, la., and keep them. Will some one who bus 
hud experience, and “knows whercol Uo affirms, 
oblige us with tho required Information? 
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riack hi-amkii Fowls.—W ho has Black Spanish 
Fowls to soli ? Will some one advertise through the 
columns ot Urn Rural? and oblige ICm.inL.BNt- 
1 deiu hulamaioo Co., Mich. 
