before, beeping many away. The show of sheep was 
excellent. Shearing did Dot begin until nearly 13 
o'clock, consequently the number sheared was not as 
large a* if ihe day hail been (avertible. There was a 
general falling off in the weight, of fleeces from last 
year. The best one fell off nearly two and a half 
pounds In fleece, and gained one pound In carcass. 
Can Mr. Randall give a reason for it! The follow¬ 
ing is the statement of shearing: 
Wt. of Wt, of Age of 
Owner. Sex. Age. carcass, fleece, fleece. 
yra. Ibs. lbs. oz, roth*. 
C. J. McKesson, ...ram, 2 124J< If 
“ ... “ 1 S4X 9 10 12X 
G. Cooley,,.. “ 2 1WX 1* 1 14)* 
B. F. Glblw. “ 4 11H>< 21 2V 12 
li, L. Bassett,. “ 2 88# 34 14# u* 
“ ** . “ 2 Kl 13 18# 13X 
C. Thompson,. “ 4 107# 15 7# 32 
J. Vcazie. “ 2 310 14 12 12 
J. F. Patker,.ewe, 2 101# 10 IS 11 
The Season, Crop Prospects, <tc.—The weather 
has at last become seasonable,—the temperature be¬ 
ing warm enough to start corn and other plants which 
have been kept back for want of ordinary Jane heat. 
At 11 A. M. to-day (lane 25.) the thermometer mark- 
cd 90 degrees in the shade in oar office, and several 
preceding days were nearly as warm. Of coarse the 
backward crops, having bees bonntifully supplied 
with moisture, are growing apace, ar.d reports as to 
the prospects of most wops in this region are cor¬ 
respondingly favorable. Though the spring and sum¬ 
mer to done 20th, were very cold, wet and discourag- 
ng, the present indications are quite favorable — far 
more so than even the sanguine anticipated the. flret 
of June, and of course the chronic croakers are dis¬ 
appointed. _ 
T E AN SP0 B T AT ION TO STATE SHEEP PAIR, 
Those who hold Superintendent's Certificates of 
bavlng taken Shoep to and from the State Sheep Fair 
and receipts for Frelghton the N. Y. Central Railroad, 
are requested to forward them to A. F. Wilcox, 
Treasurer N. Y. 8. S. B. & W, G. A. prior to the 16th 
day of July next, for settlement. Tlioee not received 
by that date cannot be acted on. 
HENRY 8. RANDALL, 
Pres’t N. Y. S. S. B. & W. G. A. 
MR. DEAN’S INFANTADO EWES. 
Harrison F. Dean, West Cornwall, Vt, 
writes ns: —“The three Infantado ewe tegs, 
a cut of which has been sent you, were bred 
from ewes I purchased of H- W. Hammond in 
Jan., 18(52. No. 1, dropped April 10, 1883; got 
by Sweepstakes. First fleece, lbs. No. 2, 
dropped April 4,1888; got by Gold Drop; fleece 
12 lbs. 2 oz. No. 3, dropped April 10,18(53; got 
by the Condit & Green ram, own brother of 
Kearsargc; fleece 10 lbs. 5 oz.” 
Wheat Prospects.— The monthly report from the 
Department of Agriculture, June 22d, embraces intel¬ 
ligence from the principal wheat growing sections of 
the Union. The prospect was that the j teld of wheat 
would be fiom seven to eight-tenths of an average 
crop In the State* of Illinois, Pennsylvania, Wigoon 
sin and New York, while in Ohio and Indiana It. was 
much leu* flattering for winter wheat. A* a partial 
recompense for this expected diminution in ihe yield 
of winter wheat, there ha* been sown a much larger 
breadth of spring wheat than formerly. This crop is 
said to promise well, and will aid materially in sup¬ 
plying the deficiency caused by tho ^failure of the 
other variety. 
A. Thomas,. 
J. II. Wodell, 
S. Buell,. 
GEOCP 07 INfANTADO EWES OWNED BT HARRISON 7. DEAN 
G, W. Hunt, 
many of their 6heep carry twice as much yolk | the pinks of perfection in their business 
as the old-fashioned MerinoB of the country ? 
Now, by submitting all unwashed wool to the 
eame rate of shrinkage, is it not obvious that a 
direct bonus is paid on the production and pre¬ 
servation of the greatest attainable amount of a 
foreign substance in the wool, which, beyond a 
very limited quantity, is as useless to the manu¬ 
facturer aa ao much dirt ? If we concede, for 
the sake of argument, that, taking all the rams 
in the country together, the rule of deducting 
half weight, (to put their wool on a par with 
thoroughly brook-washed wool,) Is about a fair 
one, is there any justice in compelling the own¬ 
ers of unhoused and drier fleeced rams to sub¬ 
mit to the same deduction with those whose 
rains carry a double or treble amount of yolk ? 
In other words, have buyers a right to strike an 
average, and compel one class of wool growers 
to mnke up the Iosbcb sustained from another 
claec ? 
Equally great differences exist In the amount 
of yoik, and in the modes adopted lor its preser¬ 
vation, in the case of ewes. And the “ recom¬ 
mendation” being made to apply to “ all other” 
besides rams fleeces, would also include wethers, 
i Suppose some Ohio farmer picks up a lot of the 
greasiest eight or ten pound fleeced Merino 
wethers to be found in that State, houses them 
from all storms the year round, feeds them 
highly, (this both promotes the growth of wool 
and the secretion of the yolk,) and then offers 
their fleeces to some one of the dealers who as¬ 
sembled at Cleveland, under the rule laid downf. 
Would the latter take it on those terms ? Why 
not ? It is so nominated in the bond. It would, 
it appears, be worth just as much to him as the 
same weight of unwashed wool of the same 
quality from the lightest, fleeced sheep in Ohio, 
after being exposed to all the storms of the 
season! r 
Now we wish respectfully to ask whether the 
dealers above mentioned buy their wheat, butter 
and broadcloth on the average system ?—or do 
they know of anybody who purchases these com¬ 
modities on that system? Suppose that A, B 
and 0 take three parcels of -wheat of the same 
quality to Cleveland to sell. Each has omitted 
some process necessary to secure thorough 
cleaning. A’s lot contains a gill of foul seed ( or 
dirt) to the bushel, 15’s two quarts, and C’s a 
peck. Does the Cleveland grain merchant say: 
“ Gentlemen, you have all omitted a cleaning 
process recommended by me, and in such cases 
I make no discrimination in regard to actual 
condition; my rule is uniform ; you must each 
submit to the same rate of deduction,” Would 
ewe, 
II. Fenner.ram, 4 146# 1" 14# li 
J. Vos burgh,. “ 8 127# 11 14 11 
O. Gibbs,. “ 2 94# 15 14 1; 
J. W. bmith,. “ 2 112# 10 13# Is 
Best staple waa awarded to R. L. Bassett. 2d, 
n, Wodell. 3d, G. Cooley. 
II. C. Moses, Secretary, 
WOOL BUYERS’ RESOLUTIONS, 
J. H. Dcdi.by, Henrietta, Ohio, writes “ A 
neat of wool buyers met at Cleveland recently 
and laid down some sweeping rules in regard to 
purchasing wool.” The meeting took place the 
last week in May, and tho resolutions adopted 
were as follows; 
fterolveti, That in view of the many just causcs of 
The Elliot Hay-Loadbr. — A Subscriber in Co¬ 
lumbiana Co., Ohio, writes na asking whether Elliot's 
Patent Hay-Loader is worth anything, and If it will 
pay to get it tip at a coat of $35. He s»y» that ageits 
have been Helling the right in hie section at from $300 
to $000 per township, and wishes to know how barlly 
the farmer* arc sold. In the Rural of March 24th, 
last, wo nn*wered nu inquiry relative to the loader 
named, by elating that we had no practical Informa¬ 
tion concerning Its merits, and advising farmers uot 
to invest money in the patent until they had seen the 
machine teeteA We have only seen a model of she 
loader— such a* the agents use in selling territory— 
bnt all the testimony we have from disinterested par¬ 
ties is adverse to Us utility. And If, as we are In 
formed, the loader ia useless, those who purchase 
rights with a view of making or using the machine, 
uot only lose their money,but Injury is done to those 
who offer for sale really valuable inventions. Will 
those who cm teetlfy as to the practical value, or 
worthlessness,of the loader, impart their knowledge 
through the Rural, 4>r the benefit of farmers ? 
BUTTER MAKING, 
In the New York butter market the Orange 
county product holds the highest rank and com¬ 
mands extreme prices always. Its excellence Is, 
in some measure, to be attributed to the superi 
ority of the pasture lands in that region over 
moat if not all other sections of the State, but 
more particularly perhaps to the greater care 
and attention bestowed upon the manufacture 
of the hotter and its preparation for market. 
The numerous springs of soft and cool water 
gushing from the hills in Orange and contiguous 
counties, afford admirable sites for spring bouses 
—a great, and Important aid in the manufacture 
of butter—an advantage that the western section 
of tho State is but partially possessed of. In 
the process of manufacturing it is presumed 
there is but little if auy difference between that 
pursued in Orange county and other dairy sec¬ 
tions. In hot weather, alter the butter is salted 
and worked over it is taken to the spring and 
immersed in the water, where it remains during 
the day, when it is worked and packed. For 
winter butter a small tcaspoouful of pulverized 
saltpetre and a large tablespoonful of white 
sugar are added for twenty odd pounds of butter 
at the last working. As a general thing no 
coloring matter is used in factory butter. The 
working is done on an inclined slab with beveled 
sides running down totbe lower end, and within 
four inches of each other, at which point a 
wooden lever, fitted into a socket, is attached as 
a working instrument—performing the ollice of 
the butter ladle. The firkins for packing are of 
white oak, carefully and neatly made, and well 
soaked in cold water before being used. When 
filled they are headed up, and strong brine 
poured Into the top—a hole being made for the 
purpose—filling up any empty places that may 
remain after packing. Thus prepared it is ready 
for market 
complaint from manufacturers and dealers that our 
wool is yearly degenerating in condition, we recom¬ 
mend to the growers that they thoroughly tag and 
wash their sheep, tub washing the tags. (,a»d keeping 
them separate from the fleece,) and hot allow the 
sheep auur washing to run cum 1 than from tdx to ten 
dav* before shearing; to tie ap the wool with smooth, 
light-colored twine, not exceeding twice cnCb way, 
and In all respect* to have It ae free horn foreign sub¬ 
stance sh possible, and every way In good condition. 
We confidently say, that With proper attention to 
these reasonable recommcndatlont the standard of 
our wool will regain Its former reputation, and be en¬ 
hanced In value. Manufacturer# will hereafter select 
only wool ill good condition, and will avoid greasy, 
-diray fleeces. 
HewlV'Hy That the member* of this convention re¬ 
commend to all dealer* und buyer* that they neither 
purchase, themselves, nor allow their agent* to pur¬ 
chase any wool excepting on the following condi¬ 
tion*: 1. A;deduction of one-half on all unwashed 
back iic«Cb«. 2. A deduction of one-third on all 
washed buck fleece*. 8. A deduction of one-third on 
all other unwashed fleeces. 4. That all heavy, uncon¬ 
ditioned und badly coned or stuffed fleece* shall bo 
clashed ae unwashed. 6. A deduction on all wool 
tied with au unnecessary amount of twine. 6. The 
proseoiiiiun tinder Uie law for fraud, for any attempt 
to taicreproent or to deedin' us to the Inside condi¬ 
tion ol tleecus tn reference to tags, manure, dead 
wool, or uoy foreign substance. 7. To pay the out¬ 
side limit oi the market for wool in good condition, 
this being but a matter oi iueitce to those growers 
who put up their wool honestly. 
JlrHilmd, That wo denounce the practice of employ- 
ring incompetent buyers ns being detrimental to the 
riiuerests of the trade. 
The names of the dealcis in wool who com- 
, posed tire meeting are not before us. We are 
willing U» believe they were respectable gentle¬ 
men who acted in good faith, and who believed 
they were legislating fairly and impartially for 
the “ interests ol the trade.” But they labored 
andt-r the disadvantage that all persons do who 
attempt to judge a whole question, when they 
•understand but one side of it. We will take up 
eornc of their recommendations and briefly ex¬ 
amine their effects. 
That in regard to thorough washing and tag¬ 
ging is unobjectionable, taken in connection 
-with the one to buyers “to pay the outside 
-limit of the market l'or wool In good condition.” 
’But on what ground arc thcBO gentlemen au¬ 
thorized impliedly to assume that from “six to 
ten days” is the utmost proper limit between 
washing and shearing, consistently with good 
condition ? Sheep exposed to frequent drench¬ 
ing rains or to cold weather, after washing, are 
frequently scarcely more fit for shearing on the 
tenth than on the first day thereafter. More¬ 
over, different breeds, and even different fami¬ 
lies of the eame breed, secrete yolk (“ oil") with 
■ different degrees of rapidity. Wool ought not, 
i for ihe interests of the manufacturer, or even of 
«. the dealer, to be shorn when it first becomes dry 
otter washing, and before enough new yolk has 
been secreted to give it a glossy look aud a silky 
feel. Wool will not sell as well iu such condi¬ 
tion, nor is it believed will it keep a .s well, if it 
has to be stored for a long period. The very 
trifling amount added to the weight of the fleece 
in becoming properly rc luhrkated, is as nothing 
compared with the advantages thus secured, aud 
perfectly legitimately secured. Intelligent manu¬ 
facturers have never objected to it; indeed they 
Have expressed to us their preference to receive 
wool iu this condition. 
Condensed Correspondence, Items, &c 
Rinderpest—Symptoms ct the Disease. — P. J. 
M., Daiisvtlle, N. Y., wants to know tbe symptoms 
attending an attack of tbe cattle plague and how tbe 
cattle act when flret assailed. The disease is eaid 
to be identical with the “ Russian Steppe Marrain,” 
and commences with tremblings —a contlunon* 
twitching of the muecles ef the ehoulders, extend¬ 
ing sometimes to the flank, with an occasional tre¬ 
mor of the whole body. Theso muscular motions 
decrease in intensity as the disease progresses and 
nearly cease at the period of diseolutlon. Before the 
muscular movements become of a marked character 
the eyes exhibit a watery appearance with swollen 
and drooping lids and a heavy look. Afcer a short 
time diarrhea seta in, pkrstn^ rapidly into dysentery 
with fluid and very dark discharge*, with «nm.* blond. 
Teneemus or straining very frequent and apparently 
painful. Urinal discharges deep colored aud made 
with difficulty. Feveris j about the horns at first, 
with a gradual subsidence of the temperature. Pulse 
feebiebut rapid: thirst active and water taken with 
avidity. Occasional discharges of offensive matter 
from the nose. In most cases the prostration of the 
animal ia rapid, but occasionally the disease runs 
several days before death supervenes. 
Indiana State Fair. —The Secretary of the Ind. 
State Board of Agriculture, W. U. Loomis, Esq., ad- 
viees us that their next Annual Fair is to be held at 
“ Camp Morton,'' near Indianapolis, the first week in 
October—commencing Monday, Oct. 1. The grounds 
—made historic by their occupancy during the rebetl 
ion, first a* a military rendezvous, and later as a 
rebel prison —embrace thirty-six acres of beautiful 
land, near the city and of easy access. The prorai- 
nms are liberal and well arranged. Ample arrange¬ 
ments will be made to accommodate all classes of ex¬ 
hibitors, and no pains w ill be spared to render to 
exhibitors full justice and fair accommodation. The 
Secretary says—“Our friends (ton Indiana, Onio, Il¬ 
linois, Kentucky, and elsewhere, are cordially request¬ 
ed to come forward, as heretofore, aud assist Indi¬ 
ana in making the best Stute Fair of tbe season.” It 
is evident that onr Hoosier friends are in earnest, 
and we predict that they will have a roueing Fair. 
For premium lists and posters, addrees the Secretary 
at Indianapolis. 
GOOD BUTTER vs. FOUL CELLARS 
Good butter can’t be made in foul cellars. 
Nothing receives a taint more easily than but¬ 
ter. It becomes Infected readily by offensive 
odors. Much sweeter, better butter ia made in 
spring-houses than jn cellars. Decayed cab¬ 
bages, turnips, etc., In a cellar, do not impart 
any virtues to butter, but deteriorate it badly. 
Good butter is one of the great luxuries of the 
table; and nothing but the most scrupulous 
care and neatness will secure It. Early iu spring 
give the cellar a thorough cleansing, and scrub¬ 
bing if you please. Then whitewash it from 
top to bottom. A little lime scattered about iu 
heaps Is also beneficial. Have an opportunity 
to ventilate cool nights and mornings. But be 
able to close tight in warm weather. Shut in 
the cool air and give it no chance to escape. 
Then if you will scald your pans and crocks and 
buckets with boiling water daily, and use the 
proper skill and care, you can make and pack 
butter that it will be a pleasure to eat. — Rural 
World, 
The French Exhibition.— It having been stated 
that several of the more stringent of the French Pat¬ 
ent Laws would be suspended daring the continuance 
of the Universal Exhibition next year, information 
was sought at Washington as to the truth of the 
report. The anawer ia that no such suspension is 
contemplated—the report in relation thereto being 
erroneous. 
And this condition is to 
be determined by the eye und the fingers, not by 
•the lapse of a particular number of days. 
The scale of deductions recommended on un¬ 
washed wool, would operate most unjustly, and' 
'tend exactly to defeat Its own object. Did not 
the wool dealers assembled at Cleveland know 
that a loug-wooled English ram’s fleece, Inordi¬ 
nary condition, unwashed, would not shrink 
•“ one-half” even iu scouring / Did they not 
•know that the amount of yolk iu a Merino ram’s 
fleece unwashed, would vary fifty per cent, even 
in the same animal, if in one case that animal 
waa, after the fashion among breeders, carefully 
boused from all rain storms throughout the year, 
aud in the other, exposed to the storms of 
spring, summer and autumn, aud not closely 
sheltered even in winter, according to the cus¬ 
tom of the great body of the farmers of tbe 
Northern States ? In the Southern States, 
(Texas, for example,) sheep are not housed at 
all, and what with the drenching of the winter 
tains, and what with the desiccating influence of 
the climate, their wool Is often almost as free 
rom yolk unwashed, as are many of our north¬ 
ern wqols after washing. Did they not know 
that it has been fashionable among a class of 
Merino breeders, for the last few years, specially 
to cultivate an increase of yolk, and that even 
under the same treatment as respects housing, 
STRAINING BUTTERMILK, 
A dairy-woman writing to an exchange paper, 
recommends the straining of buttermilk as a 
She says:—Place a com- 
GeneseeCo., N. Y., June 12th, on the premises of 
Wm. Sawrns. Tbe day was fine and the show ex¬ 
cellent. Of the 21 stock bucks that were ehorn the 
average weight of fleece was nearly 17 pounds. 
owners. Gtoss Wt, Age. Wt. of 
fleece. 
J. It. Lang worthy,. 146 3 38 
Samuel Gilmore,. 113 2 16# 
ELieba Wlnane,. .. 158 4 19 
Wm. Sawens,. 139 3 22 
>* 93 1 11# 
Geo. Hinsdale,. 124 4 16# 
Hiram Bartholf,. 153 3 16# 
Miner Strong,. 140 3 16# 
RufUs Clark,. 105 1 10# 
Winslow Sumner,. 116 2 19# 
“ “ . 68 1 9# 
B. C. Simonds,. 89 1 18# 
Asher C. Holmes,. 110 2 14 
Shadrack Harmon,. 116 8 15.!* 
>* *• 120 8 16# 
S, E. Ellinwood,. 140 2 17 
A. fl. Colby, Jr.. 83 2 12# 
Dan. Churchill. 113 1 13 
Charles Churchill....... 147 8 17# 
D. L. Dodson,. 139 2 19 
“ 186 2 15 
Dexter Ewell,. 115 2 16# 
Dudley & Gyle,. 124 2 18# 
Edwin Dnrham,. 151 5 16# 
J. W. Mix. TOO 2 17# 
| “ 124 3 15# 
Ewe 95 3 13 
Silk Without Worms. — M. Burnet, a French¬ 
man, is reported to have discovered that the bark of 
the mulberry tree can be manufactured into silk, thus 
dispensing with the labors of the silk worm. He is 
engaged in baying up bark for the manufacture of 
silk — his experiments having been so successful as 
to warrant a prosecution of tbe business. 
matter of economy, 
mon wire sieve over a milk pail, and pour the 
buttermilk into it; with a spoon move the 
strainings gently from one side of the sieve to 
the ether, until the buttermilk is drained off. 
What is left in the sieve is called false butter, 
and makes excellent shortening. If there is a 
large dairy, aud butter made during the season, 
the strainings can be tried out, by placing them 
in an iron kettle over the stove, and simmering 
slowly until the sediment settles to the bottom. 
Turn off the top. The oil thus obtained an¬ 
swers the Eame purpose as real butter, in every 
department of cookery; besides it will do to fry 
cakes in, or oil cheese, cite. 
If a dairy-woman has never been in the habit 
of Btraining the buttermilk, she will soon learn, 
by so doing, that it is quite a saving. 
A Union of Colleges. — The Governor of New 
Hampshire recommends the nnion of the proposed 
Agricultural College of that State with Dartmouth 
College at Hanover. A like union in some other 
States would not he a bad operation, judging from 
the difficulties attending the establishment of sepa¬ 
rate Colleges for Agricultural instruction. 
Change in the Game Law.— The last Legislature 
of New York amended the law in reference to the 
killing or rending woodcock, making the section read 
as follows“No person shall kill or have in his pos¬ 
session, or expose for sale, nay woodcock, between 
the first day of January and the first day of August 
of each year.” 
The Cheese Market.— The Little Falls 
cheese market on the 13th showed a falling off 
in the supply, owing to the unfavorable state of 
the weather and a small appreciation in prices. 
First clasB from dairies spld at 17)4 a 1S>$. Fac¬ 
tory 10 a20c. The reactibn in the gold market 
will probably check any considerable further 
advance. 
Wool Shipments from Australia.— According to 
Clough's Circular and Pastoral Advertiser of March 
23d, the shipments of wool from Victoria, mainly to 
England, from the 10th of October 1865 to March 10th 
1866, foot up an aggregate of 27,976,444 lba., valued 
of $9,474,606. 
Sheep Shearing at Richmond, McHenry Co., 
Ill —On the 5th inst. our second sheep shearing came 
off in Richmond. The day was not Tery favorable, as 
it rained part of the forenoon, and very hard the day 
