MOOIiE’S KUKJX MEW-Y0HEE&. 
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MR. CHARLES D. LAKE’S BAM. 
J^taejr |itt0feattfog. 
EDITED 
BY HENRY 8. RANDALL. LL. ®- 
MB. LANE’S BAM. 
C. D. Lane of Cornwall, Vt., writes to us :— 
<‘>Iy * Lane. Barn,’ a cut of which has been for¬ 
warded to you, was three years old lust firing, 
and is owned by myself and It. Lane. lie was 
bred by Hknht Lake and got by the ram sold 
by him to Mr. JUiu.be of Gorham, N. V. The 
last named was got by the 4 Cross Bam,’ by 4 Old 
Greasy,’ by 4 Wooster,’ by ‘Old Black.’ 4 Lane 
Ram’s’ dam was first choice of ewes purchased 
by Henry Lane, of C. B. Cooke of Charlotte. 
His first fleece weighed lbs.; his second, 
*24% lbs.; his third, 38K tt»." 
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TRANSPORTATION TO THE FAIR. 
It was published in the show bills of the 
recent Fair of the N. Y. Sheep Breeders’ and 
“Wool Growers’ Association at Rochester, that 
the N. Y. Central Railroad would carry sheep to 
aud from the Fair free of charge. A number of 
weeks since we addressed a letter to Ron. Lean 
Richmond, President, of the road, asking that 
the Association be placed on tbe same terms In 
tliis particular with the Stale Agricultural So¬ 
ciety. Wo received a reply from Mr. Chitten¬ 
den, General Superintendent of the road, cour 
teously complying with the request, and direct¬ 
ing us to give information when we desired 
empty cars to be in readiness to convey sheep to 
the Fair. On the Friday or Saturday preceding 
the Fair, wc telegraphed Mr. Ciuttenden, at 
Albany, requesting him to start the number of 
empty cars supposed to be necessary lrom Troy 
and Buffalo on Monday morning, May 7th. Mr. 
Chittenden replied, directing us to telegraph 
Mr. Tillinguast, Superintendent of the West¬ 
ern Division, at Buffalo, In regard to the cars to 
start from the latter place. He also, if we re¬ 
member aright, said, 44 On account ot the recent 
law, wc shall be compelled to charge some¬ 
thing”—or words to that effect. The telegram 
was, doubtless, thrown among our papers. We 
have not yet searched for it. It is possible that 
some other cause, instead of a law, was assigned 
for making a charge. We took it for granted 
that a small, or merely nominal sum, would 
i have to be paid by exhibitors. There was noth¬ 
ing in the telegram which led us to suspect that 
it was the intention to exact full freight, or re¬ 
pudiate the previous agreement. 
In compliance with Mr. Chittehden’8 direc¬ 
tions we immediately telegraphed Mr. Tilling- 
.hast concerning the cars to start from Buffalo. 
• He replied, asking which road, &c., they should 
"lie sent by, and asking if they were to he sent 
on terms specially agreed on. Wc gave the 
necessary directions in regard to the roads, 
{asking that two go by each road,) and said 
terms had been agreed on with Mr. Chitten¬ 
den. Supposing everything to be thus disposed 
of, we held no further communication with the 
officers of the road on the subject. 
'The General Superintendent of the Fair, (W. 
R. Pitts, Esq.,) issued certificates to those who 
‘ brought sheep to the Fair to exhibit, and who 
carried back the same sheep, stating tho number 
so exhibited aud returned, in order to entitle 
them to have the cost of transportation re¬ 
funded, as has been done to exhibitors at the 
State Agricultural Society. No attention was 
paid to these certificates by Mr. Cummings, the 
Freight Master at Rochester, and full freight 
was charged on sheep both ways. Before ro- 
' taming home, we called on Mr. Cummings to 
learn the meaning of this. He stated that he 
■ had received do instructions from Mr. Chitten- 
. den on the subject, and was not therefore au¬ 
thorized to return any freight money or trans¬ 
port the sheep on other than the usual terms. 
We have fully explained the circumstances in 
order that every exhibitor at the Fair may un¬ 
derstand the authority on which is was an¬ 
nounced in this paper, and in the show bills and 
circulars of the Association, that sheep would be 
carried free, was full and ample. Were it other¬ 
wise, wc should consider ourselves very much 
to blame—for the exaction of full freight oper¬ 
ated very injuriously on many persons, because 
they would not have sent their sheep, or so many 
sheep, had this course been anticipated. Many 
were inconvenienced by coming unprepared to 
pay the money. Wc were told of one poor boy 
who owned but one sheep and brought it, and 
who could not have returned on the cars but for 
the help he received from strangers. If the Cen¬ 
tral Railroad will not return the cost of trans¬ 
porting that boy’s sheep, w know who will, if he 
will let us hear from him on the subject aud en¬ 
close us his certificate. 
But let us form no hasty judgment in the 
premises. We wrote to Mr. Chittenden on 
the subject, on the Ilth Inst. Wc have not yet 
(May lBth) received his reply. He may have 
been absent from his office. We do not, we 
cannot entertain any doubt that there has been 
some mistake, and that it, will be promptly rec¬ 
tified when the facts are placed before Mr. 
Chittenden. Let every one who holds the 
certificate of General Superintendent Pitts, that 
he conveyed she<?p to and from the Fair, hold on 
to it, and we have as much confidence that the 
price of transportation will be repaid, or mostly 
repaid, as we have that the Central lioad has the 
funds to do it. 
HON. WILLIAM JARVIS. 
We have received from tbe author a pamphlet 
<11 pp. 8 vo.) entitled “The Life and Public 
Services of the late Horn William Jarvis, com¬ 
municated to the New England Historical and 
Genealogical Register for July, 1880, by Hon. 
Hampden Cutts.” 
We have had too frequent occasion to speak of 
the personal character and public sendees of Mr. 
Jarvib to render it necessary at this time to in¬ 
dulge in professions of respect to his memory. 
We are glad that this memoir of his life has been 
prepared, and only regret that it is not fuller in 
its details. Mr. Jarvis was born in Boston, in 
1770. His lather, Dr. Charles Jahvis, was an 
able man and ardent patriot in the Revolution. 
His own education was intended to fit him for 
mercantile life, aud was a very thorough one of 
its kind. He attended the best schools at Bos¬ 
ton, Pliiladelphia, aud Bordeutown, N. J., aud 
then entered a counting house in Norfolk, Vu, 
He engaged in business in Boston, but alter five 
or six years, failed, in consequence of endorsing 
for a New' York house which became insolvent. 
He paid off all his own personal liabilities und 
then gave up the rest of his property to apply 
on the demands endorsed by him. He was ar¬ 
rested and committed to prison, but was bailed 
out by his father. He compromised with his 
creditors, and again engaged in business to ob¬ 
tain the means of paying them. 44 No danger 
of tempest or war,” says his biographer, “ could 
turn him aside from his object, and he went 
through the midst of the deadly plague itself to 
accomplish the profitable sale of a cargo.” He 
paid off his liabilities “to the last dollar” in 
1802, and had little left. 
When about to re-embark in business he re¬ 
ceived from President Jefferson the comrnis- 
of Charge and Consul at Lisbon, in Portugal. 
He opened a commission house in that city and 
his business became large and lucrative. In his 
office he rendered valuable services to the com¬ 
mercial interests of his country, and was a 
prompt and vigorous public officer. Mr. Cutts 
says: —"Mr. Jarvis, in addition to his great 
unergy of character and all-conquering will, was 
aided much in his public efl’orts, not only by his 
courteous manners and logh, gentlemanly bear¬ 
ing, but by his strict observance of all courtly 
etiquette aud the respect which he always paid 
to the religious forms and ceremonies of the 
country.” Several instances are given of this. 
Mr. Jarvis’ purchase and importation of 
Merino sheep to the United States have been 
described by himself far more fully and in detail 
than is done in the pamphlet, and do not require 
attention here.* He returned home in 1810, and 
soon established himself in Wethersfield, Vt, 
where ho resided until the time of his death in 
1859—when he was nearly ninety years of ago. 
Mr. Jefferson wrote him a letter in December, 
1810, strongly commending his public services. 
He was fond of agriculture, correspondence, and 
occasionally wrote articles on several subjects 
* We take this occasion tossy that weareinfonmA 
that our application of tbe term “mixed Lecmese 
to Mr. Jahvis 1 family of sheep—thereby implying 
wbat he repeatedly declared in public letters that he 
mixed his different families of pure blood.' Ironess 
sheen—h as been understood as carrying the idea that 
he mixed these with sheep of other blood — thus 
making mongrels of them t He who reads what we 
have written on the subject and puts such a construc- 
1 tion on our language must be out of his senses ! 
for publication. His biographer says:—“ As a 
writer, and also as a speaker, Mr. Jarvis was 
clear, strong and effective.” 
Mr Jarvis was twice married. His first wife 
-was Mart Peitekell Bparhawk, who was 
with him in Lisbon the laBt three years of his 
j office. She died before his removal to Vermont, 
leaving two daughters. His second wife was 
Ann Bailev Bartlett, who still survives aud 
is tbe mother of several children. 44 He was 
fond of home, and none enjoyed more than he 
the society of his family aud friends. Ever in- 
I dustrious, he kept his faculties in constant ex¬ 
ercise and retained the use of them, to a re¬ 
markable degree, to the end of a long and 
I eventful life.” 
(Sit, 
THE TRICHINA SPIRALIS. 
Ed. Rural New Yorker.— In the course of 
my reading, a few days since, I came across au 
article on the Trichina Spiralis, or Pork Worm, 
which has of late been so much talked about 
aud written about, and I thought I would make 
a few extracts from tho article to send yon for 
publication. I am not a pork cajer myself, nor 
am I in favor of tbe use of pork as an article of 
human food, but Hike to get at the truth of any 
subject that comes up for discussion, hence this 
article. The extracts are from a Lecture deliv¬ 
ered by Professor Thomas Watson, at King's 
College, London. The volume contai ning'Dr. 
Watson's Lectures is considered one of the very 
best, works on the 44 Principles aud Practice of 
Physic” now extant. The edition from which 
I copy was published in this country so long ago 
as 1845. 
On page 845 the Professor says:— “There is a 
very singular microscopic parasite, the trichina 
spirali a, dwelling In myriads, sometimes, In the 
muscles of the human body. It was first de¬ 
scribed, I believe, by Mr. llilton. of Guy’s Hos¬ 
pital, and afterwards more fully by Professor 
Owen, in 1885. Mr. Worm aid, tbe Demonstra¬ 
tor of Anataomy at St. Bartholomew’s Hospital, 
sent to that gentleman a portion of human mus¬ 
cle, which presented a singular, speckled ap¬ 
pearance, as if U were mouldy. Mr. Owen found 
that each speck was it shuttle-shaped cyst, con- 
taming a very minute cylindrical worm, coiled 
up in t wo, or two and a half spiral turns. The 
worm measures, when unrolled, no more than 
l-bOth of an inch iu length, aud 1 -700th of an Such 
in diameter; aud of course requires, fora satis¬ 
factory examination, to be 6een through a mi¬ 
croscope. The Iouger axis of the containing 
cyst lies between and parallel to the films of the 
muscles. Fourteen similar instances have 6iuce 
come to Mr. Oweu’e knowledge. 
“ This is a very strange kind of parasite. One 
would imagine that the presence of Innumera¬ 
ble living beiugs, in or between the muscular 
films, would be likely to give rise to symptoms. We 
might expect pain, or muscular debility, or em¬ 
barrassed movements; yd no indication qfthcpres¬ 
ence of these worms seems to have been afforded in 
those instances in which the condition of the sub¬ 
ject in whom they wire found was known, during 
life. * * * The muscles thus beset with 
parasites are the voluntary muscles; and those 
which lie superficially are fuller of the worm 
than the deeper seated. * * 44 They have been 
detected lu the muscles of the eye, and even in 
those belonglug to the 6mall bones of the ear, 
and of whose action we are wholly unconscious. 
44 It appears, also, from what has been hither¬ 
to observed of these entozoa, that their presence 
in the body it unconnected with age , sex, or any par- 
tindarform of disease. They have been concom¬ 
itant with cancer, tubercles of the lungs, ex- 
1 haustlou of the vital powers by extensive ulcer¬ 
ation oi tbe leg; fevor, combined with pulmon¬ 
ary phthisis; aneurism of the aorta; sudden 
depression or collapse after a comminuted frac¬ 
ture of the humerus; and diarrhea. They have 
also been met with in the muscles of a man who , 
while in the apparent enjoyment of robust health, 
was killed by a fracture of the skull." 
The italics in the above are my own. After 
reading the above extracts I thought that per¬ 
haps after all, some, if not all of the deaths sup¬ 
posed to have been caused by the presence of 
trichina in the human body, might have been 
the result of some other cause. I think I have 
seen it stated, sometime, that by long keeping 
of the celebrated “Bologna sausages,” a poison¬ 
ous acid is germinated in them, supposed to be 
produced by the action of smoke upou the fatty 
portion of the sausage, and that death has been 
caused by eating them after such action has 
taken placd. May it not be, then, that the tri¬ 
china is innocent in the matter, and that the 
sickness and deaths out of which such a “ bug¬ 
bear” has grown, are simply the effects of some 
poisonous, chemical action which may have 
taken place in the pork ? 
Since writing the above, I have seen it stated 
that a committee of scientific men in Chicago, 
have been investigating this subject, and that 
they have reported that about one in fifty of the 
hogs slaughtered in that city, are infested with 
trichina. If this be true, it must follow, that 
large numbers of persons eat of the affected 
pork without any serious consequences result¬ 
ing therefrom, and thus prove, that the dauger 
is not so great, by any means, as has been repre¬ 
sented. W, Scott Hicks. 
Bristol, N. Y., April, 1866. 
Milk for Ciiickens. —Corn meal mixed with 
butter-milk or loppered-milk is said to be the 
most healthful food for hens and/.-hickeus. They 
should have plenty of the milk and meal, by 
them, and especially early in the morning. This 
a ill prevent the young chickens from seeking 
subsistence in the wet grass by which many are 
chilled aud die in consequence. 
BEES IN A NEW FIELD. 
Frequently, a good colony of bees, in a hive 
of ordinary size, aud having a new field, will 
send out two or three 6warms in one season. It 
the season is a good one they may snpply each 
of the four hives with sufficient stores for win¬ 
ter, and give, perhaps, sixty pounds of surplus. 
They would, perhaps, store for winter 140 lbs-, 
add surplus 60 lbs. We have from the one 
colony, three swarms and 60 pounds of honey. 
total fiwef Ilmtiflu. 
The Season—Crof Prospects, &c.—The weather, 
during the past week, has been moat capricious aud 
variable. During the fore part it waB moderately 
warm, but a sudden change occurred, involving three 
frosty nights In succession. That of the last, (Wednes¬ 
day night,) was the severest of all, but happily, in 
this section, was succeeded by a vapor or fog arising 
from the ground early in the morning, dissipating 
colony, .me* swarms un« w - — ^ " before the rays of the sun fall upon vegeu 
It will be understood by apianans that most of J* lhAt the damage done waa 
this 200 pounds of honey Is gathered by tbe 
workere produced by tbe queen in the old 
colony. She issues with the first swarm, leav¬ 
ing the breeding cells well filled with brood in 
all its stages, from tho eggs just deposited in the 
cells to the perfected bee. 8be has alEo made 
arrangements for the future safety of the old 
colony by leaving eggs in a number of queens’ 
cells for continuing the supply of stock for the 
old hive. Suppose she issues tho 15th of June, 
and the second swarm the 25th, and tho third the 
28th. The young queens will not be prepared 
for depositing eggs till about Jnly 1st. The 
first worker produced by them wiU not enter 
the field until after tbe 30th of July, and a full 
course of workers not anti! tbe middle of Au¬ 
gust. It follows that the whole stock of workers 
In the first swarm, is the product of the old 
queen. The whole stock of workers in the old 
eolODy, and in the second and third swarms, 
until about the first of August, is also the pro¬ 
duct of the old queen, and from that time they 
probably do half, or more, of the honey gather¬ 
ing to the close of tho season — the product of 
the new queen forming the body of the swarms 
that pass the wider. With so prolific a queen, 
and so good a field and season, had the room 
been sufficient in size and acceptable in form to 
remove the disposition to swarm, aud all the 
workers gathered their stores in one hive, there 
would have been required but about 35 pounds 
for winter, and the balance have been saved a* 
surplus. 
In the one ease the keeper obtains three-tenths 
of the product st ored, aud the workers consume 
seventh-tenths for winter. In the other case tbe 
bee keeper has thirty-three - fortieths for his 
srnplus, and the colony consumes but seven- 
fortieths of the stores they gather for winter. 
When colonies of bees swarm in common 
hives there is generally a loss of from one to 
three weeks in clustering out and gathering 
little or no honey, more than to supply the 
brood. This is in the heart of the honey season. 
In tbe other class this season is effectively im¬ 
proved. It has been estimated that the surplus 
is five times as much in the one case as the 
other.* As the honey is the object to secure, a 
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tion. The consequence is that the damage done was 
not great, and, if spared a repetition, the chancesjot 
a fair crop oi fruit arc very good. 
A severe hail storm, accotnpained with vivid light¬ 
ening, heavy thunder and high wind, occurred on 
Sundry afternoon (20th.) The hall-stones were of 
solid ice, aod many of them over an inch in diameter, 
though of irregular form. The hail fell for several 
minntesaud nearly covered the ground. ^Considera¬ 
ble damage was done by the heavy bail and high 
wind—breaking windows, removing roofs and chim¬ 
neys, uprooting trees, &c. Fruit trees aud early 
gardens are much injured. Thousands of window 
panes were broken, (mostly in the eastern part oi 
the city, where the storm was very eevere.) and many 
teams ran away, breaking carriages and injuring 
their o ten pants, though we believe no lives were 
lost. Several of the green-houses were almost | en¬ 
tirely destroyed — glass aud pianw being involved in 
a common ruin. The storm was the most severe one 
of the kind that has occurred here in twenty-three 
years, but wc think It did not extend wide or far, 
and trust the damage In the country will not prove 
re.ious. 
The Wheat Crap.—Accounts respecting this crop in 
the Central Western Stales are not flattering. Inn 
long article in the Ciscinnnti Gazette it is stated that 
estimates, deemed reliable, make the prospective 
decrease of the wheat crop, caused by the severity 
of the past winter, iu the States of Illinois, Indian* 
and Kentucky, eighteen millions of bushels, and, of 
the whole West, forty millions of bushels. This wp 
think an exaggeration, but that the diminution will 
he considerable there can be no doubt. In this State, 
Pennsylvania, a portion of Michigan and Wisconsin 
the prospect f-eems more flattering than in the Stair, 
first mentioned; still in all of them tho wheat crap 
has been injured—hence a diminished supply mny he 
expected acre for acre ns compared with several pre¬ 
ceding years. The deficiency, however, may be par¬ 
tially made up in this Stale in consequence of a great¬ 
er breadth of land sown to wheat last season t han 
baa been customary to devote to this product for 
several years past. This increase, it is but lair to 
state, is conjectural mainly and may have no abso¬ 
lute foundation in fact. 
Fruits. — The frnit prospects, both in this section 
and at the west, are much better than it was appre¬ 
hended they would bo a few weeks ago. We have 
had a rather backward spring, aud more than tbe 
usual number of late frosts, but they have not been 
or a very destructive character. With an averse 
warmth of season for the future wo sec m> reasot 
to doubt that the fruit crop of the present will lx 
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question is presented worthy the attention of considerably in excess of that of last year. 
* _aau. _1a /.s.-.bnsil a cia a erGn 
those interested. 
Jasper Hazen. 
* See Mysteries of Bee Keeping, by -M. Quinsy. 
•pirit d the ftes. 
Raising Turkeys. 
About the lust week in May is said to be a 
suitable time for young tnrkeys to 44 come out.” 
As they are a restless bird, even when young, 
they require considerable care, more especially 
in rainy weather. A cold rain is pretty sure 
death to such young broods as arc long exposed 
to it. They should be housed at night and 
during inclement weather till they are a few 
weeks old when they will be able to meet the 
changes as they come. In reference to feeding, 
a correspondent of the N. K. Farmer remarks— 
“They ought to be fed every day from the time 
they are hatched till they are fit for the market 
The advantages of this treatment arc numerous. 
They will require much Icbs In the fall to fat 
them, and if no fatter, will be much more fleshy 
and juicy, and snch a course will diminish their 
natural wildness, and make them love home bet¬ 
ter. If accustomed to being fed, they will re¬ 
turn regularly every day for this purpose, und 
will he sure to come home nights —thus Baving 
all trouble aud anxiety about them. And be- 
peach and the apple orchards, as a general thing, 
show a line array of blossoms. Indicative of success 
t.o the fruit grower, —but. tucc.« have other enemies 
to contend with than frost and wind, and may jc 
disappoint the hopes of the husbandman. Fight the 
insects, and trust the rest to Providence. 
Grass .—In the meadows great changes have takes 
place daring the past week. Grass Is rapidly deu. 
oping, and anon haying time will have come agais 
Would it not be well for farmers, in view of the near 
approach of that hurrying season, to determine on 
au earlier commencement than has been customary 
with them) We have no doubt that much ia lost 
every year by a too late harvesting of hay. 
Turning Cattle out to Guass. —It is a custom 
with many farmers to keep the cattle ofl their pas¬ 
tures until the grass gets a good start. This course 
necessitates keeping them confined in yards and sta¬ 
bles and feeding dry food until quite in the spring. 
Then the chpoge from hay to grass is sudden and is 
liable to in j are the cattle. It is well known tbit 
many cows are lost annually by over eatiug grso 
when first turned ont to pasture. But It la claimed 
that the pastures will carry more cattle through the 
season by thus giving them a start in the spring- 
Probably they will, unless the summer should bo» 
wet one, in which cSsenot any thing would be gained. 
If a dry euimner should occur the surplus feed arcs- 
mulated on the pasture by the early growth would be 
a reserve to carry the stock over the drouth. Bat (dl 
things considered it is as well tn let the cattle hive 
au early run on the paeturo. Keep only as muck 
stock as the pasture will carry through if treated in 
au trouDie uuu aujueny aouuv mem. auu ^ --, ,, tn 
in fields and gardens. Their principal living in 
summer is such as they hunt; but they like 
to be fed at home, whether they eat little or 
much.” __ 
Carrots for Horses. 
Wash the roots clean, and feed about four 
quarts at once, in addition to oats, or cut feed 
and hay. There is no danger of feeding a horse 
too much of either turnips or carrots, provided 
he receives a good feeding of oats and hay also. 
The tendency of carrots is to keep the bowels 
loose. If a horse were required to subsist al¬ 
most entirely on carrots, his strength would fail 
and a large quantity of such green feed might 
give him the scours. Carrots should be fed in 
connection with dry feed.—A”. Y. Times. 
How to Make Mutton. 
A Canadian, having some fine shfeep for sale 
in the New York market, was asked Iri6 method 
of fattening them. He said that a sheep to be 
good and profitable should be kept growing all 
the time — never suffered to fall back or get 
poor. They were fed all the hay, peas and oats 
they would eat in winter. Peas produce more 
fat than corn, and oats more muscle. In the 
turnip season he gave them all they required iu 
addition to other food with a supply of pure 
water and salt. 
Feeding Hens. 
The Maine Farmer thinks that the practice 
of feeding poultry with shelled corn not a good 
one, and recommends that the cob be broken 
into short pieces and thus be placed before the 
fowls and nibbled ofl as they want it. This is 
regarded as a healthful exercise, especially in 
whiter, for the fowls, and hence beneficial. 
grass and keep healthy, ileal and hay should be 
given them until there is full pasturage. As tir.- - 
the season to prepare for next winter and spriu:« 
will just call attention to the sowing of maogoldior | 
sugar beets for next winter and spring. A little com 
sown far fodder may be handy next August 1/ 
pasture is short, and a good snpply of cabbage: wit 
not come amiss in the autumn, -when the frosts have 
fallen on tho grass. 
Frank Dean’s Corn Planter. — This is more 
properly a dropper to be attached to a hoe. It weighs 
but fire and one-half ounces, and may be readily p“’- 
on and taken ofl' from the hoe. It works, (as we 
found by trial in the com field,) very perfectly, de¬ 
positing the com with precision, by simply pulling » 
cord attached to the thumb of the hand which i-‘ 
placed loweet on the hoe handle. A sample was for 
warded to ns by the patentee and manufacturer, 
Frank Dean of Pittsburgh, Pa. 
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Mallard and Wood Ducks.— In answer to a recent 
Inquiry in the Rural, Mr. Louis A. Leland of Colon, 
St. Joseph Co., Mich., writes us that, in the fall of the 
year, when the docks migrate, he usually catctra 
alive , from one to three thousand of them—Malls rc ‘ 
and Wood ducks, mostly Mallards, In the fall 
1863, Mr. Lkland and his comrade, Mr. Johns*' 
caught seveu thousand. They kill the birds and sen 
them to Boston. In the fall they will he able to t- r 
nish live birds on application. 
Sweet vs. Indian Corn.— In the report ; of a dis¬ 
cussion at the American Institute Farmers’ Clu > • 
is asserted that sweet com, as weU as the stalks, c 
tain more saccharine matter than the ordinary co-i 
Cattle fatten more readily when fed upon the S rslD 
and stalks of the former, while the quality and t»'- ! 
of milk are improved by using such food for cows. 
Sheep Shearings, &c.-We have been Cavored with 
reports of various Sheep Shearings in this an,-'. otne. 
States, which we are obliged to defer, and may be us' 
able to give hereafter, for want of space. 
