track ever bred in this country. "When brought 
here from Canada to sell, he was fairly shunned 
by our horsemen. He was, however, bought 
for a small sum by Mr. Fields, and under his 
rough handling he soon began to show such 
stuff as great horses are made of. Ho has many 
colt6 here, and they are now sought after and 
sold at large prices. Mr. Whitney, of your 
city, purchased a spendid one, then two year 
old, of Mr, Efner, which I have understood he 
has since sold at u large advance. The. colt was 
bred by Mr. Wells, and I presume when he 
gets age will be heard from on the trotting turf. 
Mr. Pekin also Bold a two year old of the same 
stock on the side of the horse last fall for $1,000 
—and last September it took the first premium 
at the State Fair—for colts of its age. Another, 
a yearling, we saw sold last spring for $800, to 
Capt. Frank Pef.ew. 
Capt. Perew is also the owner of a four-year 
old sired by Young Koyal George, which in a 
match ran this fall, trotted on a slow track in 
2:47. This colt, although not handsome, is well 
put together, with a good show of muscle aud 
a slashing way of going. He was sold to his 
present owner by Mr. Efner for $2,500, but 
With the intro- 
of the hop plant have been known in Europe for 
thirty or lorty years, while in this country they 
have only prevailed three or four years lu the 
oldest, hop districts. In the Western and new 
States they are unknown still. We may have to 
contend with these enemies as the English 
farmer does, and probably be as successful as 
he. We have a fair chance to compete with all, 
at home and abroad. 
Mr. Snyder of York, sold his crop last year 
from three acres for $2,OOQ, Mr. C. Whit¬ 
more, from a field of 12 acres, took $7,000 for 
his crop last year, and this year about $6,000, 
although a light crop. The recent discovery 
that ale can be condensed to a sirnp and pre¬ 
served any length of time even on board ships, 
and in those hot climates where heretofore they 
have not been able to produce it, is likely to 
extend the demand for hops. The experiment 
in this city seems to be a success. 
F. W. Collins. 
retical reasons for believing that it. may be a good in¬ 
ternal remedy in certain cases. It is notoriously an 
admirable external remedy in cutaneous diseases. 
Oar conclusions, thus far, may bo summed up as 
follows, and wc trust that they will be extended and 
rendered more certain by the carefully conducted ex¬ 
periments of our correspondents. We believe 1. That 
tobacco eaten daily in small quantities is not preju¬ 
dicial to tbe healt h of sheep, aud may possibly he ben¬ 
eficial to it, though the last point is not yet. clearly 
established. 8. That strong theoretical considerations 
go to shew that au excess of it, administered as daily 
food, must be injurious, ana this accords with the 
experience of several individuals of observing habits 
who have tried it. 3. That, it may be a good internal 
remedy in a certain limited number of cases, and de¬ 
serves to be judiciously experimented with as such, 
bat that it is absolute nonsense to expect to find in it 
that cure-all for ovine diseases which persons possess¬ 
ing more credulity than knowledge have begun to fancy 
it, since tobacco growing has been commenced among 
us, and since it has been found that sheep eat it and 
become fond of it. 
will be remembered that each exhibitor showed 
sixty ewes' fleeces in each class. 
Average Judges' 
Net wt. per value at 
Exhibitor. weight. head. per lb. 
five. B>s oz. s. d. 
1. W. Deeraves & Co.,.. 202 <18 1 tDtf 
2. T. & 87 Learmoutfi,... 241 4 2 1 
8, J. Camming.... .241 4 1 10 
4. F. Ormond, Jr.,. 247 4 1 1 lOtf 
5. J. L, Carrie, . 243 4 2 0 
«. P. Itusseil. 222 8 11 2 0 
7. T, P. Camming,. 211 3 8 2 0& 
h J. Mackersey,. 207 3 7 1 8)£ 
9. RQ.Kermod®,.;.. . 174 2 14 2 1 
The following comments on each of the above 
lots, by the judges, will give some idea of the 
qualities regarded by them. They follow in the 
same order with the names of the exhibitors 
above: 
remarks of the judges, 
1. Splendid combing; very desirable wool; heavy 
skirts. 
2. Superior combiner and quality; fair condition; very 
desirable wool. 
3. Heavy in condition ; ekirty : well stapled. 
4. Heavy in condition ; more ekirly ihan lot 1; well 
grown ; a few tender fleeces. 
5. Very light in condition; good combing; not first- 
rate quality. 
6. In good condition; very skirty; should have been 
shorn a little earlier. 
7. Best condition; first-class combing; enitable for 
the present market. 
8. Not in god condition : ordinary breed. 
9. Very superior in condition; thin and tender in the 
staple and skirts. 
UNWASHED WOOL. 
Average Judges’ 
Net wt. per value at 
Exhibitor. weight. fleece. per lb. 
lbs. lbs. ozs. s. d. 
1 T, & 8. Learmonth,... 882 6 5 1 0& 
2. T. Shaw, Jr.,. 475 7 14 0 10 
3. A. S. Robertson. 359 5 15 10^ 
4. J. L. Carrie,....409 6 13 011 
5. D. M'Kellar,. 335 5 9 1 ljf 
6. P. Russell. 357 5 15 1 0 
7. T. Shaw, Jr„. 431 7 2 0 9# 
8. W. Davie,. 306 5 1 0 11 
remarks of the judges. 
1. Superior quality; good combing. 
2. Well bred; combing very heavy! 
3. Heavier than loti; better length, and well grown. 
4. Very well bred; very heavy. 
5. Well bred; lightest lot of greasy. 
6. Very heavy; well etapled. 
7. Well bred ; heavier than last lot. 
8. Short; ordinary breed: a little lighter. 
The wool classed as washed, was well washed; 
the unwashed was from sheep never sheltered in 
summer or winter. 
It will be remembered that the prices above 
given represent gold; that a pound sterling is 
worth $4.84 of onr currency when at par; a shil¬ 
ling Stirling between 24 and 25 cents; and a 
penny Stirling a fraction over 2 cents. 
If we take 2 shillings sterling as the average 
home price per pound of the best washed wools 
in Australia in Jan., 1S65, it shows that they 
were selling there for a higher price in gold 
than our best American wools were selling at 
home, though ours had the benefit of a home 
demand vastly exceeding the supposed benefit 
of the present tariff, and though our woolens 
were selling at fabulous prices compared with 
those into which the Australian wools were 
to be manufactured after a transportation of 
20,000 miles! 
Let us now see how these same Australian 
washed wools wore vallied and sold in the Lon¬ 
don market, May 11, 1865. We take this from 
the tables of the London judges heretofore 
referred to : 
Judges’ Judges’ Price bro’t. 
Net valve ai value of per a. at 
">. bale, auction. 
Just a Wosn,—Though we have neither the space 
nor disposition to dilate upon what wo purpose to do 
next year-or to enumerate the liboral Inducements 
offered to club agents and others—we can confidently 
assure t he thousands of ardent friends and supporters 
of the Rural New-Yorker, to whom we never ap¬ 
pealed in vain, that its Seventeenth Volume will be 
worthy of their hearty encouragement. Our arrange¬ 
ments ore on such a seals, and so complete, that vre 
can safely promise even more than heretofore, but we 
prefer nut to make long or wordy announcements. 
Those disposed to aid in extending the circulation of 
the Rural arc referred to onr Supplement, Programme 
of Premiums, &c., which are seut free and post-paid 
to all applicants. By publishing them separately we 
save several columns of space for onr usual variety of 
reading matter, Illustrations, etc., and no onel.is ob¬ 
truded upon by onr personal business affairs." ~ " 
Thanks to tug Press.—As we remarked last week, 
our friends of the Press have ever been most kimTand 
appreciative in regard to the Rural New-Yorker, 
frequently placing us under great obligations. But 
judging from the highly complimentary notices we 
are now receiving from all parts of the country, we 
infer that onr brethren of tho metallic instrument 
more powerful ttsui tbe sword, are striving to excel 
one auother in their kind and generous allusions to 
tho Rural and its conductor. Had we moio space, 
and loss modesty, we could easily give several columns 
of recent notices, each ono of which has excited our 
gratitude and caused us to bend under the weight of 
obligation its writer has Imposed We cordially thank 
our friends for their most generous manifestations of 
approval, assuring each and all of our aim and desire 
to render this journal worthy of the high commenda¬ 
tion it is receiving from the Press of the Country. 
Size of Illustrations.— Among those ebeep own¬ 
ers who are having cuts of their animals prepared for 
publication, there is a tendency to have them executed 
on too large a scale These cost more and are not 
really any better for the purposes or illustration. And 
they encroach too much on the reading matter of our 
limited department. Twenty square inches, or there¬ 
abouts, of letter press is poorly exchanged for the pic¬ 
ture of a single sheep. Cuts Intended for the Sheep 
Department of the Rural New-Yorker, and here¬ 
of ter executed, must occupy a good deal less space 
than many have, or we shall, unless under particular 
circumstances, refuse them admission. None should 
exceed the width of two columns. We will not apply 
this rule, however, to those already executed and in 
onr hands. . 
The Coet of Cattle Feed. 
H. E. Moseley, Springfield, Mass., gives tbe 
following estimate of the weekly expense of 
feeding four cows—three milch and one dry— 
during the winter of 1804-5. 
S4 lbs. cut corn-stalks and straw at $15 per Inn..$0 63 
42 “ cut hay at $30 per tun. 63 
21 " Indian meal at 4 cents per pound. 84 
42 11 rye bran at 3's cents per pound. 147 
140 “ long hay at $30 per tun. 2 10 
252 11 uncut c»rn-stalks at $15 per tun. 1 S6 
5 bn. tumipe at 25 cents per bushel. 1 25 
5 “ carrots, or 225 pounds, at $25 per tun .. 2 St 
Total.. $1159 
The average cost of each cow per week lacks 
a fraction of $2 90, and of each cow per day, 41J^ 
cents. The three gave 22 quarts of milk a day, 
or an average of 7}4 each, or 154 quarts a week; 
worth, at eight cents a quart, $12 32. The mar¬ 
gin of profit is small, without reckoning the 
care and labor aud interest on investment, but 
it is believed higher than herds will average. 
His plan of feeding was to give corn-stalks 
twice in the morning before milking, after which 
12 quarts turnips and carrots, cut and mixed. 
After watering, long hay is given* and at night 
cut feed, consisting of corn fodder, oat straw 
and hay, cut and wet with warm water, and 
sprinkled with rye and corn meal. 
Major George Taylor, a noted feeder of fine 
bullocks, says regularity in feeding is indispen¬ 
sable. His regular ration to each animal is eight 
quarts a day of meal made of corn, rye and oats 
mixed. His usual practice is to feed coarse hay 
first in the morning, then dry meal, and then two 
or three fodderingsof finer hay and rowen. After 
the cattle are well tilled, and about 11 A. M.,they 
are turned out to water, and while oat the stalls 
are regulated, cleaned aud 6t rawed. They arc 
immediately stabled again, as they gain faster 
shut up, and are expected to lie down and rest 
till feeding time again. About 3 r. m., dry meal 
is given, then one or two fodderinga of hay, and 
lastly stalks, which answers for the night. 
Every leaf and straw unconsumcd is removed 
from tho manners between tho feedings. Only, 
such quantities and qualities arc fed as are likely 
to be eaten entire and clean 
$5,W0 cannot now buy him. 
duetion of this horse into our county a new 
spirit has been awakened, and gentlemen of 
wealth begin in earnest to give that attention to 
crossing which is necessary to the improvement 
of the horse. Much more care has been used in 
the selection of mares than formerly, and the 
result is already beginning to 6how itself in the 
production of a class of horses which are selling 
at such figures as astonish the “ old fogy” horse¬ 
men among us. 
Let farmers and stock raisers pay more atten¬ 
tion to “horses and breeding,” aud they will 
find that it will pay, as good horses now sell 
largely. H. Millard. 
Buffalo, Erie Co,, N. Y. 
Dressing Sheep with Castor Ok,.—Wo find in 
the Canada Fanner a communication quoted from 
the Irish Farmers' Gazette, in which Mr. James Wil¬ 
son of Edinburgh gives hie experience in the effects 
of applying castor oil as an autumn dressing to the 
fleecee of sheep. He declares that, with one excep¬ 
tion, it turned out a great success. In the excep¬ 
tional case, ho applied the caetor oil a aecoud time, 
about the end of January, and i hough he says it “no 
doubt produced a most extraordinary growth,” it 
“ discolored the wool a little and left some black ends 
on it.” lie thus lost from 8c to 4c a pound in the 
price, but thinks “ the additional weight fully cov¬ 
ered the reduction in price.’’ Mr. Wilson thinks 
one good dressing will add from 10 to 15 per cent, 
to the growth of the wool, beside adding greatly to 
the comfort of the sheep in winter. 
A Movement in tub Right Direction. —Under this 
heading the editor of the Sheep Husbandry depart¬ 
ment of the N. U. Farmer notices what he styles Dr. 
Randall’s “detailed aud very interesting account” of 
the meeting of tho National Association of Wool 
Manufacturers, held in New York on theSthult., as 
given in this journal of the 25th. After speaking of 
the proceedings of that meeting, alluding to the one 
to be held at Syracuse this week — in which delegates 
from the Associations of Wool Growersjire to partici¬ 
pate—and hoping that prompt measures will be taffen 
to have the wool growing interests of New England 
properly represented on the occasion, the Farmer con¬ 
cludes us follows:—“The position which Col. Ran¬ 
dall took at the New Y’ork City meeting was emi¬ 
nently honorable, and for the able and faithful manner 
!n which be represented the wool growers’ interests 
there he merits the highest praise. We entertain the 
most confident expectations that tho results of tho 
coming convention at Syracuse will be such as to heal 
in the most satisfactory manner, all past or present 
misunderstandings between the two great industrial 
classes there to be represented, and which shall secure 
for us in the future harmonious action and lasting 
beneflte.” 
A GOOD TOOL 
I found digging potatoes with a hoe or spade 
this fall very laborious work. The ground was 
wet and hard, aud the tool constantly clogged. 
I sent to the village and procured a four-tlned 
fork, the tines 15 inches loDg, about three-fourths 
of an inch wide, and one-half an inch thick, 
shaped something like a bayonet. This I fonnd 
did the work admirably; no clogging, and strong 
enough to pry out the hill of potatoes, at one 
forkfall, when a little shaking .separated them 
from the dirt. It is the finest thing to dig pota¬ 
toes I evbr saw. 
Tbe next job was drawing the manure from 
the barn-yard. It answered the place of the 
manure fork in handling the coarse manure, and 
was almost as good as a shovel to gather up the 
fine manure, and much easier to fill. 
Next I wanted to spade up abed for the tulips. 
The wet soil stuck to the spade, and made hard 
work. The fork was brought into requisition. 
The tulip bed d^ up with ease and satisfaction. 
Several other >Aj have put it too, tmd flud it 
a most convcnMBpol., 8. W. Arnold. 
The Canada Farmer.— This excelled Agricultu¬ 
ral journal, quoting our remark, made some weeks 
since, that “American farmers who live well, and 
educate their children, and pay government taxes, 
cannot compete in cheap wool production with serfs, 
and demi-savages, and dirt-eaters of other descrip¬ 
tions in other countries,” asks who arc these serfs, 
demi-savages, Ac. i We will assure our contempo¬ 
rary of one thing, viz; that we never intended to 
apply these terms to the people of Canada. 
From Ohio.— While closing this paper for the press 
(Monday P. M.) we have a pleasant call from General 
Harris of the Ohio Farmer, and Messrs. It. M. Mont- 
ckimekt, President of the Ohio State Wool Growers’ 
Association, and W. F. Greer or the Ohio State Board 
of Agriculture, who are en route to the Syracuse Con¬ 
vention of Wool Growers aud Manufacturers, which 
takes place on tho I3'li, They are delegates from the 
Wool Growers’ Association, and being gentlemen of 
brains and practical experience, will properly repre¬ 
sent and protect the interests of their constituency. 
If other associations are as well represented in the 
Convention, there will bo no preponderance of talent 
or speaking ability on the side of the manufacturers. 
Sales of Sheet in New York.— Our good friend, 
John Maltman of Canandaigua, N. Y,. 1ms sold Me¬ 
rino Sheep this season to the amount of $4,155, and 
has but ten less than he had last winter. Among 
tbeso sales were 18 owes sold for $ 1 , 800 . 
CmnmmtitationB, (Etc 
HOPS IN 
D AND AMERICA.—Ill, 
The buy is mostly 
pulled with a buy hook, in order to draw from 
different layers of the mow, and thus secure 
greater variety .—Springfield Republican. 
There is a feeling of jealousy in the minds of 
our English neighbors towards American farm¬ 
ers, but in nothing os much as in the item of hop 
growing. They fear our competition, and it is 
amusing to hear the variety of defects urged 
against American hops by the farmers there. 
They say your American hops look beautiful, 
but they arc rank; they have a blaek-curraut 
flavor, a tom-cat smell, and are affected by the 
pine wood used in drying. Numberless defects 
are urged and persisted in quite generally among 
the growers; but the factors and brewers would 
privately tell me they had found our hops richer 
in lupolliu, resinous gum and bitter principle 
than any of their hops,—and that our hops, at a 
year old, were as good as theirs when first 
picked, which is admitting that they are 30 per 
cent, stronger than theirs, aud I have no doubt 
that is the fact. Our dry atmosphere is much 
better to develop the rich, pungeut, bitter prin¬ 
ciple of the hop than their moist, cool climate. 
It must be admitted that our most skillful 
brewers are not a vhlt behind their best work¬ 
men ; eo that our farmers have no cause for dis¬ 
couragement; in lict the advantage is on our 
side In everything jert dining to producing hops, 
except in the price of hired labor, and there we 
make up that dravback by the superiority of 
our tools and machines and the more active and 
sprightly way of d(ing our work. If not done 
as w ell, we do mot: in the same time, and our 
virgin soil produce a crop more readily than 
theirs, aided by arlificia! stimulants. 
There is nothin;; so universally deplored by 
the English hop gowers as the necessity of cut¬ 
ting the vine at licking. And here, the Hop 
Growers’ Journal says, thousands upon thou¬ 
sands of hil'.o are Med to death every year; aud 
when the injury Is noi iiital the roots are so 
weakened as to eaise a feeble and sickly growth. 
I have seen wholelitlds so weakened as to pro¬ 
duce no hops the lext season. It is contrary to 
every principle of vegetable philosophy to cut 
dowu tho plant vhen in the full vigor of its 
growth, if you nean to preserve the root for 
next year’s crop. Even the Canada thistle is 
destroyed by thattreatmeut. 
It has been recoumended by an English writer 
to loosen tho pol< by moving it in its socket in 
the ground till it lan be turned arouud and the 
vine unwound, g< as to admit or raising It out 
of its place, aud take it down without cutting 
tho vine, holdingit until It i» picked and then 
return it to its jluco—claiming that it would 
pay, although It doubled and trebled the ex¬ 
pense of picking Now, with the stake and 
strings the hops are secured bettor and easier 
without rutting,the. vine. This is the strong 
lenture of the nov process, as admitted both by 
English and American hop growers. 
The older the country the more liable it is to 
be visited by destructive plagues. The enemies 
HORSES AND BREEDING, 
Exhibitor, weight, per. lb. bale. 
fts. s. d. s. d. 
W. Deeraves & Co. 292 2 0 29 4 0 2 4 
T. & S. Learmonth, 241 2 4 28 2 4 2 10 V 
F. Ormond. Jr..... 247 2 3 27 15 9 2 4 
P. Russell.. 222 2 7 23 13 6 2 8 
J. L, Carrie,. 213 2 1 25 6 3 2 4V 
J. Camming.. 241 2 1 25 2 1 2 4 V 
T. F. Camming,_ 211 2 2 22 17 2 2 6 " 
R. Q, Kermode,.... 174 2 6 21 15 0 2 8’<" 
J. Mackersey,. 207 1 11# 20 5 4# 2 3# 
Making the average price per pound in gold 
almost 2s. Gd. sterling, or 61 cents. Add 50 per 
cent, for the difference between American cur¬ 
rency and gold * and the wool sold for about 00 
cents per pound in London. We should like to 
be told how it happens that the American manu¬ 
facturer, obtaining so much more for his wool¬ 
ens than the English manufacturer, cannot 
afford to pay near so much for his raw materials. 
The difference in the quality and condition 
between Australian and American wools does 
not explain this anomaly. 
* We do not remember the precise difference, laBt 
May, and have uo table at hand to refer io. 
Mr. Editor: —When I wrote you, lately, 
somewhat of a galloping article on “ Horses and 
Breeding,” I intended to resume the subject ere 
this, but have been prevented from doing go 
until the present moment by the calls of busi¬ 
ness. The subject is really au important one 
and cannot be discussed too frequently. 
Within the last few years considerable atten¬ 
tion has been given to breeding by several 
wealthy gentlemen of our city, as well as by 
some few of the farmers in the adjoining coun¬ 
try towns. Associations have been formed for 
the purpose of bringing into the county 6ome 
of the best stocks known in the country; and 
some slight inducements have been held out by 
County and Town Fails, These, however, have 
been only slight. Among those of our citizens 
who have given no little attention to Ibis mutter 
of breeding are Messrs. C. J. Wells, the Mayor 
elect of our city, Gen. R. L. Howard, W. J. 
Mills, (J. J. Hamlin, McArthur, Burton, 
and Geo. W. Efner. These gentlemen, to¬ 
gether with several others here, have been ear¬ 
nest in their exertions to improve the breed of 
the horse in this county. C. J. Hamlin was 
instrumental in bringing to this city, (Buf¬ 
falo,) from Vermont, Hill’s celebrated “Black 
Hawk Chief,”—a horse, by the way, which I 
believe was very much over-rated as a stock 
horse, as none of his get have a.- yet made any 
show on the road or are fit for the farm. He 
was, however, a remarkably stylish horse, both 
in look and action. The reason, I presume, 
however, why none of his colts have not shown 
well is, because the right judgment was not 
used in crossing. So slight a fashioned animal 
required mares of large bone and muscle. 
The only thorough-bred Morgan which we 
have ever had here, was the “ Arabian Morgan.” 
He was or is a remarkable horse lor one of his 
inches, but entirely too small for breeding pur¬ 
poses. He was brought, to this city by the Hon. 
Horatio Seymour, Jr., aud remained here for 
two seasons, when he was sold lor $1,800 to go 
to Chicago. He has some very good four-year 
olds here. Dr. Rochester, formerly of youi 
city, has a very pretty pair, that are nice step¬ 
pers. But I have seen only one of his colts that 
shows the stamina and gait of that little, big 
horse. 
But we have had several horses within the last 
few years fur superior to the two which I have 
mentioned. Among these are Wild Irishman 
and Hornpipe,—the first one of the most cele¬ 
brated horses known to the American turf, am. 
both thoroughbreds. Also the McCracken 
Black Hawk, Norman, and Old and Young 
Royal George—the last probably one of the very 
best stock horses for the road and the trotting 
Maryland Agricultural Warehouse.— The card 
of this establishment will be found in our advertising 
department. We understand the proprietors are relia¬ 
ble and responsible, and they are certainly fortunate in 
securing tbe services of Mr. E. D, Hallouk, formerly 
engaged In the Implement and seed trade in this city, 
aud widely known us a competent man for the busi¬ 
ness. We congratulate both the Arm and Mr. H. upon 
the connection, and have no doubt It will prove mu¬ 
tually advantageous. 
The Farm Gate. 
Take four 6plit sticks two inches by one and 
a half, (sawed would answer,) whose length are 
the height of the gate; and then take light, 
narrow boards enough to make the gate to a 
proper height, place the Btieks under the boards, 
at right angles to the same, aud equi-distant, 
tho outer sticks about two or three inches from 
the ends of the boards; spread the boards ut the 
proper distance, the upper and lower at the ends 
of the stakes, then nuil the boards fast to the 
sticks, and the gate is completed, unless you 
wish to paint. A man can make twenty in a day. 
Then for hanging. At the end of the fence, at 
the hinge end, put a staple over the top of the 
6take and top of tbe fence post; nuil a elect to 
hold the stake fast; this should be above the 
gate; put a fiat, stone, if convenient, between 
the stake and poet for the gate to turn on; then 
hoist the gate and put one end between the stake 
and post, and you will see the gate is hung. 
Now lor the latch or fastening. Bring the gate 
to the post at the other end of the gateway in 
other words, close the gate; then at the bottom 
of the upper board of the gate, nail a piece of 
board a few inches long and the thickness of the 
hoard on the gate ; then place another piece of 
board over tho last, and an inch higher, and nail 
it last below the hoard of the gate—that makes 
the ketch—the upper part of the gate is the 
latch. If you are ingenious, you cun use a bil¬ 
let of wood properly notched for the ketch. 
The gate can be turned at right angles of the 
fence. This a boy six years old can do.— Z. A. 
Leland in Co. Gent. 
Minor Rural Items.— The Wcathjr continues very 
mild for the season. As we'write (Monday lltb.) the 
sou shines brightly and tho temperature is decidedly 
September-Ilka. Several inches of enow foil on Sat¬ 
urday, but it has vanished, and our brief winter is 
made itcmporarlly at least) glorious summor. 
The Maine Farmer closed Its thirty-third yoar and 
volume on the 7th inst. It Is a capital Agricultural 
aud Family Newspaper, edited by N. I True and S. 
L. Boajcdman, ami published by Homan & Badger, 
Augusta. May it increase in prosperity and usefulness. 
Indiana Agricultural College.— The citizens of Mon¬ 
roe Co., Ind., wish this Institution located at Bloom¬ 
ington. They offer to purchase the Cabinet of tbe 
late David Dale Owhn, at a cost of $'5,000, and to 
donate a farm worth $25,000. 
.1 Hard Winter Is predicted by some weather proph¬ 
et for New England, and a mild one for the Missis¬ 
sippi Valley, because of drouth East and plenty of 
rain West tho past season. 
A”. State Ag. Society.—Tho next Annual Meeting 
and Winter Exhibition of this Society is to bo held 
at Albany, on the second Wednesday (14th,) of Feb¬ 
ruary, 1866. 
The Cheese Manufacturers' Association of this State 
will hold its nexi annual meeting at Utica Jan. 10, 
1866. X. A. Willard, Esq., is to deliver the address. 
A Precocious Chicken— \i the oue told about byu 
writer in the N. K. Farmer. It was hatched last 
April aud came oil' her nest with ton chickens Nov. 15. 
Remedy for Glanders. —An exchange recommends 
hydro-sulphite of soda for glanders; dose from one to 
two drachms, three or four times a day. 
The Ohio State Board of Agriculture holds its next 
annual meeting at Columbus, commencing on Wed¬ 
nesday, the 3d day of January, 1806. 
Good Chm.—One in Craftsbury, Vt., whose product 
in butter, during the ten months cuding Oct. 20, was 
454 lbs., and which sold for $207- 
The ll'iW Oat is'very troublesome in some parts of 
Wisconsin, having so completely overrun some farms 
asjto make them nearly worthless. 
The Publisher of the Wisconsin Farmer , W. C. 
Cami'kki.l, Esq., died at his residence in Madison, 
Wis., Nov. 29th, or typhoid lever. 
The Scratches have been cured by first washing with 
soap sudB, then with a throng solution of vitriol— 
says the N. E. Farmer. 
'The Ohio Wool Growers' Association is to hold its 
Winter Meeting at Columbus, Jan. 2d, 1806. 
CONDENSED CORRESPONDENCE, ITEMS, &c, 
Tobacco for Sheep.— An Ohio correspondent after 
mentioning a febrile disease existing in his flock, re¬ 
marks " They are in vcleratc tobacco chcwert, having 
taken all the refuse leaves and peeled the stalks dean 
from a quarter of an acre of tobacco.” Sheep very 
readily acquire the habit of thus consuming tobacco, 
and they become decidedly fond of It, though fed 
plentifully with hay and grain. Wo have had more 
than fifty such cases, embracing whole flocks, reported 
to ns. Most of oar informants who have fed it, have 
expressed the opinion that it t9 beneficial to the con¬ 
dition and even to the health or sheep red in moderate 
quantities — but some of those informants have 
thought that sheep eat it to an injurious excess if fed 
all they will consume. We know a couple of excel¬ 
lent shepherds (partners i who consider tobacco given 
twice a day, (as much as there is in an ordinary quid,) 
an excellent medicine Tor sheep in that winter decline 
which we have so often referred to. They tell the 
story of a ram which actually made several attempts 
to get at tobacco which they were taking from their 
boxes, until they understood what he wanted and gave 
it to him; and that he thereupon immediately com¬ 
menced recovering. We look with great mialrunl 
on accounts of these instinctive yearnings. Wc do 
not believe that a lot of sick sheep, if let one by one 
into an inclOBure containing all tho medicinal plants 
in the world—both in a green and dry state—would 
be able to single out the ones adapted to their several 
cases. 
Still we do not deny that nature in moat caeca regu¬ 
lates the diet of brutes so as to promote health. Tho 
:-heep partakes of many thing* bor ides itn main arti¬ 
cles of food in obedience to that instinct.. When 
eating its gras.- it loves to nibble a brier or pee! an 
elder-bush by way of condiment, and all shepherds 
agree that sheep thrive better where they can 
thus gratify their appetites. Tobacco may possibly 
come into this category of health condiments. An ri 
though we have never tried it, we can see good theo- 
Farming Tools. 
There is a plow out in the snow, and the 
horae-rako i-3 up in the middle of the field. 
Neglect left them there when he went off fishing 
instead of finishing his work. Neglect will al¬ 
ways be a shiftless, thriftless fellow. Bring them 
in and see if they wunt repairing. Yes, a tooth 
is gone, and a handle of the plow is split. Well, 
look about, examine all the tools, and place 
thosethat want repairing in tho shop. The first 
stormy day that comes they must be repaired, 
and so of all other tools that ueed mending; de¬ 
vote the stormy days to them til] all are in order 
and ready for use. Every farmer should have 
such tools as are necessary to do the ordinary 
repairs of his farming tools. If he has not got 
such, let him get them forthwith. It will be 
money in his pocket .—Mirror and Farmer. 
Regularity in feeding is second only in im 
portance to an abundance of good food. 
