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I EDITED BY HENKYS. RANDALL, LL. D. 
U “THE VERMONT MEEINOS AT 
i HAMBURG 
Mk. George Campbell of West Westmins¬ 
ter, Vt., in nearly simultaneous commuRications 
published in the Country Gentleman and the 
N. II. Mirror and Farmer, “corrects” several 
errors in our account of the prizes obtained by 
his sheep, and the circumstances under which 
they were obtained, at the International Exhi¬ 
bition at Hamburg in 1863. Our statements in 
the Appendix of the Practical Shepherd which 
he thus correct *, were made, a* there stated, on 
his oum authority and that of Mr. Needham, 
the Commissioner of the State of Vt. at the 
Hamburg Exhibition. The latter in a speech 
before tbe Vt State Ag. Society in 1863, to which 
wc personally listened, averred the facts and all 
the facts given by us In relation to the matter. 
Mr. Campbell was present at that addfess. He 
had no correction s to offer then! We talked with 
him both before and after its delivery. How far 
he directly reasserted all of Mr. Needham’s 
declarations, we cannot now say. But the gen¬ 
eral substance of wbat he uttered left it to be 
distinctly inferred that he endorsed all of them. 
He wore the lion's hide as complacently as if it 
belonged to him—as complacently as we shall 
show he wore it under even less excusable cir¬ 
cumstances at Hamburg. 
If Col. Needham, in an offhand speech, gave 
unduecredlt to Mr. Campbell, it was Mr. Camp¬ 
bell’s duty, as a man of honor, either publicly 
or privately to correct the mistake. His silence 
under such circumstances implied acquiescence. 
But this was not all, Immediately on the pub¬ 
lication of the Practical Shepherd, Mr. Camp- 
bell wrote to us in regard to a portion of the 
6ame Appendix of the work (see pp. 438, 439,) 
5n which the undue credit was given to himself. 
He fancied wc had Intercepted some of the 
beams of his glory. He Importunately demand¬ 
ed more credit! But not a word had he then to 
show that wo had deprived others of their just 
credit—that wc had mistaken the number of the 
competitors of his sheep at Hamburg — that he 
had won only in a single class and not beaten 
the field—that there were two first premiums in 
•each class where he won, and that In neither 
case were his own sheep placed first in the prize 
list —that tbe French Merinos of the Emperor 
Napoleon did not compete —that he had not ] 
disposed of his sheep at prices so far above f 
those of any others sold there, as asserted—that * 
he was obliged to count in his profits made in the 1 
sale of the gold in which he was paid for them; r 
to make up the alleged price, &c., &c. # He * 
failed to correct these mistakes, though he saw 1 
that we avowedly published them on his own author- ' 
ity. This was not a casual omission, made in c 
the haste of writing a single letter. The cor- * 
rcspondence was protracted. 
At length the official account of the Hamburg 1 
Fair reached this country. It appeared first in ' 
some other agricultural Journals. We were by b 
accident slow in receiving a copy of it, hut as soon ‘ 
aswedid receive it —thus enabling us to pre- fl 
sent a translation for which we should be re- , 
sponsible —wc published so much of it as went 
to correct the mistakes we had made, on Messrs. 
Needham’s and Camauull’s authority, in the ( ' 
Practical Shepherd.t We also requested the 11 
publisher of that work to strike out of it, in " 
future editions, the entire number of the Ap- ir 
pendix which contained this unfortunate speei- 0 
men of American “ crowing." 01 
We felt indignant at the deception which had k 
been practiced on us. We felt deeply mortified 11 
that we had been made to deceive our own peo- Sl 
pie, and do an act of gross injustice to foreign 
breeders. But we resorted to uo personalities 
with Mr. Campbell, because we abhor this style ijl 
of writing, unless it is absolutely forced upon 
us, and because we thought that the exposure bt 
contained in the official prize list would be suf¬ 
ficient. G 
Now, alter the matter has become old and G 
vapid—two or three years after the publication ar 
of the Practical Shepherd, and towards a year 
since that exposure was made, — Mr. Campbell 81 
comes forward with his stale corrections, as if he 6U 
had just discovered the wrong which was done al) 
to foreign breeders for his benefit, and he was an 
the first to repair the injustice 1 * n 
But he is not content with this. He still 
wants more credit. He says in the Country Gen- BE 
tleman: rcl 
“Col. Randall goes on to say: ' Col. Needham in- 
forms me that Mr. Campbell, on all occasions, ‘ 
fied to the breeders of (termany and France, ana re- tal 
guested him (Col. Needham I to signify that he was spi 
not the founder or leading breeder of the Improved t'ai 
family of American Merinoa, which bis (Mr. Camp- efi 
bell's) sheep chicdy represented but that this honor tin 
belonged to Mr. Uammond.' —i 
l must confers that 1 was never more astonished in 
my life than on reading the paragraph last quoted. ctl 
) war puzzled to know how or why the ‘honor’ of ne 
the Hamburg victory belonged to Mr. Hammond, fa 
lie surely sent no eh cep there, nor were any of the ly- 
sheep taken there, descendants from ills dock. They 
were the premium sheep, with one exception, bred by 
myself, and Mr. Hammond had no more right to that mi 
‘honor’ than any other breeder, further than that 
he was the breeder of ‘Old Grimes,’ the sire of the 8 P 
prernl urn aid ma) e. er 
I assure Col. Randall that neither Col. Needham or ’ 
myself ever intended to convey the idea to him ‘ that ‘ 
this honor belonged to Mr. Hammond.’ ’’ — 
If Mr. Campbell here means to deny that Col. {’; 
Needbam made the statements imputed to him, dts 
wc stand ready to prove it by the written tesii- "j 
mony of three well known gentleman who were i’ n 
present at the conversation, and in part by Mr. Mr 
Campbell’s own subsequent written admissions ™ r 
the written testimony of the same gentlemen. 
We also can show that he made the same or sim¬ 
ilar declarations to other persons, in different 
conversations, when we were not present. Does 
_ Mr. Campbell call for these proofs? 
Mr. Campbell doubtless means to be under¬ 
stood by the public as denying that Col. Need¬ 
ham made such statements to us. But what he 
really does do, is to put an Inferential and forced 
construction on the language imputed to Col. 
^ Needham, and then express his astonishment 
raJ at his own construction.* 
. We have never said, nor intended to convey 
I the idea, that “ the honor of the Hamburg vic- 
I tory belonged to Mr. Hoamond.” It is true that 
. I the fact that he bred the ram which got a large 
^ portion Of the victorious sheep, gives him some 
m share of tbe credit of their breeding. Nor is 
I this credit lessened by the circumstance that 
je P revl0U9, - v t0 purchase ol “Old Grimes" of 
^ Mr. Hammond, Mr. Campbell used stock rams 
^ got by rams bred by Mr. Hammond. We know 
jj of at least two such — and that Mr. Campbell 
’ used one of them for years in his flook.t 
^ But all this reflects not a particle of discredit. 
b on Mr. Campbell. On tko contrary it shows 
that he wisely availed himself of what he be- 
, lieved the best materials for the improvement 
I of his flock. Nearly all breeders do this. Near- 
^ ly all the victorious horses In our great races, 
bred by tbe owner, have been immediate or near 
, j descendants of horses bred by other men; fre¬ 
quently by foreigners. Did any body ever 
dream that this took away all “ honor" 
r * from the breeder of the winner, aud con- 
I ferred It on the breeder of one of the wiu- 
e lncr’B ancestors? The credit of the breeder 
‘ I of the winner, in such case, lies In his skill 
J in crossing, or in his skillful selection of 
e the proper materials to secure the desired result. 
His credit would be still greater, doubtless, If 
I be bred all tbe ancestors of his winning horse. 
* I But if he did not do so, is he falsely to have the 
c credit of it ? Has he, or have public writers on 
I the subject, a right, even by a suppression of the 
' I truth, to convey that Impression. 
This is precisely where the shoe pinches with 
* Mr. George Campbell. He published a hand¬ 
bill in German at Hamburg about his sheep. A 
, I copy of it lies before us. A cut of “Old 
; Grimes ” is at the top of it! The merits of this 
ram are particularly vaunted. The handbill no- , 
I where asserts in terms that Mr. C. is the “found¬ 
er" of the improved family of “ Vermont Meri¬ 
nos,” as he styles them, but taking the whole , 
together, it would undoubtedly convey that im- i 
I question to a foreign reader. He repeatedly j 
speaks of them as “his breed." He say r, for * 
I example—“Tbe undersigned has furnished the ' 
principal exhibitions with specimens of his breed, 1 
and has always borne off, as acknowledgments, 1 
the highest premiums.” Here, superiority at * 
I home, is also impliedly and unmieakahly £ 
claimed! The handbill does notgive the shadow c 
of a hint that any other man did, or that Mr. n 
Campbell did not, breed “Old Grimes,” end all t 
his, (Mr. C’s.,) other stock, back for an indefl- r 
I nlto period. This 3s the way that Mr. Campbell _ 
took to act the magnanimous part towards other ” 
breeders, which he claimed he did at Hamburg! * 
And the truth of the assertion wc have quoted 
from his handbill, about equals its modesty. Mr. c! 
Campbell’s sheep have not attended ull the p 
“principal exhibitions," and they have been re- t< 
peatedly beaten at those they did attend. “ Old 
Grimes " himself had been beaten at such an ex¬ 
hibition when Mr. Campbell took him to Ger- fl 
many. Mr. C’s. habitual mode of aeknowledg- e: 
ing obligations to other breeders is displayed in in 
our quotation from the Country Gentleman. In si 
one sentence he says none . of the sheep ta- ft 
ken by him to Hamburg were “ dccendanU from 01 
his, [Mr. Hammond’s,] flock," In the next ni 
sentence he admits that “ Old Grimes," bred by ai 
Mr. H., was “thesire of the ‘premium animals.’ " V 
I llis mode of stating facts may be estimated from m 
his assertion that his premium sheep were, re 
“ with one exception, bred by himself." Lying ai 
before us is a letter of his in which he says: ti< 
“Eight of them were tired by the latter, [‘Old £ r 
Grimes,’] and one of them by a lamb ol ‘Old 
Grunes;’ two [were] bred by Wm. R. Sanford, sr 
and one I bought of Edgar Sanford." ot 
Soon after the publication of the Practical 
Shepherd Mr. Campbell w'rote to us, making T * 
substantially the same reclamation with that li< 
above quoted from the Country Gentleman.; ta 
and he asked: “Can you correct the error?" 
In our reply, (Nov. 7, 1863,) after attempting in 
the most friendly terms to convince Mr. Camp- tic 
bell of his erroneous view of the effect of our oe 
remarks, and giving our reasons for believing w < 
them to be both just and accurate, we said: an 
1 meat of the pedigree of my sheep. Yon say that I was 
not the 1 founder,' Xc., and that this honor belonged 
to Mr. II. Here i* roar mistake. Here is where you 
have robbed me or ail tbe glory of my voyage, and 
here you will find the robber t* caught with the goods 
in hu possession—and the only wav for him is to 
1 walk up ami iwttLe,* return the gooa* to the proper 
owner and al! will i>o well. * * ». Please put 
it in plain, simple language, merely saying that yon 
were misinformed in relation to the pedigree of the 
sheep I took to Hamburg. At the same rime unbur¬ 
den Mr. Hammond with the honor, (a e you are aware 
that he already has so much that it ts a burden to 
him.) aud bestow It on the proper person, or per¬ 
sons. - ' 
In reply, (Nov. 19,) we informed him that his 
disrespectful language “ would close ull corres¬ 
pondence between us, did we not feel that noth¬ 
ing could absolve us from making reparation if 
we had inflicted an injury on him.” We asked 
him to give a full and detailed statement of the 
pedigree* of the sheep shown at Hamburg, which 
he alleged we had Incorrectly stated, and if he 
could “ thereby show a particle of mistake on 
our part, we would, as we had before offered, 
make the most lunple correction in Appendix 
H. of the Practical Shepherd, and this too with¬ 
out expressing a particle of the Indignation 
which we felt at his treatment of ug." 
Mr. Campbell’s next, (Nov. 25,) began with 
an apology, but was not closed without re¬ 
newed insult He directly declined to furnish 
the pedigree! He, in a tone of solemn warn¬ 
ing, informed us, “ that he should now leave 
the matter with us for a short time. If wc had 
anything to suggest that would put the matter 
right, he would consldder it.” We answered 
with the contempt we felt, and here the corres¬ 
pondence closed. And now, after all this pa¬ 
rade about our mistaking his pedigrees, Mr. 
Campbell, in the extract we have given from 
his communication to the Country Gentleman, 
gives them, so far as he givus them at all, ex¬ 
actly as they appear in the Practical Shepherd. 
And on tbe 76th page of that work, they are giv¬ 
en in the exact language of a letter wt received from 
Mr. Campbell! 
We have made these revelations with reluc- j 
tance. They are not of sufficient i mnni-tnnp/i tn , 
Osborne <£ Co.. P, M.. An burn. 1. Kirhv mi.. cv 
Mover; S. Kilby Larger Mower; 3. Single^ Horae L 
PetktkUl Manufacturing Co., Peekskiil, i K- 
tonV Clipper Mower. ’ Ua ‘- ft 
DAIRYING IN ENGLAND. . 
. Wheeler, s. o., Auburn. 1. Cayuga Chief Mow* J 
In the Utica Herald of the 10th instant is ad- , »*»««; •/. P. Poughkeeprie. I. Eureka Mow*; F, 
n( i, n . Anmmi,ni.« 4 u c . ... for two horses: -3. Eureka Mower, larger s » e wer i; 
other communication from X. A. Millard, Wcod, Waller A.. Hoosic Faffs, l. Two HcweGro. t 
Esq., in reference to his inspection of the dairy M,,wrer - 
dlMrlcU of EogbdG H, s ob,erv.tion S on the 
processesofeheeseand butter-making in theprin» Thrashing Machine. tor > 
dp.1 grazing action, of England arc to be tor- B o^olScoSSfeSKr.ndC«S? e , CIU '" 
wai ded la a circular to the Dairymen’s Associa- Harder. R. <f- A% Coble-skill. Endless Chain H 0r o„ 
tion for distribution among the member* We Pc, ,?-f r V Con }^" e , d Thrasher and Cleaner. 
<*]UQte from bis last letter as follovrs:— u Somc*r- Horse Power; Combined Thrasher atid Winnower 11 
set Is also noted for its cheese, of which large Other Machines. - Barber, Pheld-yn. d Co L 
qnantitieaara made. It bears the name of E bed- '"Sirmfll “Tty c« Filehbnrg, Ma... B. r St.,' 
dnr. from a small village at the foot of the Rake. > We 
Mendip hills. The name originated from the ^A°B ^Patent 
farmers of the village uniting the milk of their Steel Tooth Home Rake. ient 
cows for the purpose of making a larger cheese. Rake^’ S ' ^ CoxBackie ' RovolvIll S SVheelHone 
tion for distribution among the members. We 
quote from his last letter as follows:—'“Somer¬ 
set Is also noted for its cheese, of which large 
quantities are made. It bears the name of Ched¬ 
dar, from a small village at the foot of the 
Mendip hills. The name originated from the 
farmers of the village uniting the milk of their 
cows for the purpose of making a larger cheese. 
This was done at each other’s house In turn. 
From that time, which was about one hundred 
years ago, thick cheese made in Somersetshire 
has borne tbe name of Cheddar, and bears the 
highest quotations in the London and other 
markets of any Etfglish cheese. It is made 
much thicker than was at first anticipated. The 
size that now is in request ranges from 70 lbs. to 
100 lbs.; the shape Is from 10 Inches to 14 inches 
in depth, and 15;*; in diameter. 
Craven Tedder Company, New York. Hay Teddian 
Machine. ‘ • 
Herring, Silas C., New York. Hay Tedding Ma- 
cnine. 
Chapman, Hawley & Co., Utica. Hay ana Straw 
i^orke, 
Mies J GUlett. Little York. Cortland !Co. Anna 
ratua for Loading Hay. " 
SjytOHt, Jt , Muncy. Penn. Hay Fork for Unioad- 
ingllay, and Knife for Catting nav in the Mow.; 
Front.. O f .. Ashland. Greene Co. Apparatus for 
Unloading Hav. 
Tntcy, (r.V„ Vt. Warner's Wheel Horse Rake.~ 
heeler. Metick <t Co., Albany. Walker's Improved 
Horse Hay Fork. 
This county, and the others south, havesuf- Nassau street, New York. Excel- 
fcred very little from tbe cattle plagne. Dairy 5‘ffiKg' i„ aepeDd „ t 
cows, however, are high (or what Is esteemed Steel Tooth Wheel Home Rake, 
high here,) commanding from £18 to £.10 sterl- Hms^Bake. '' M,mcy ' Pa ' Sprout ' 8 lSteel Toottl 
iDg, per cow; or from *90 to f 100. The dairy 
stock is mostly grades, and so far as I have seen, 
de not show the good milking qualities of first 
class dairies in Herkimer and Oneida." 
The annual average yield of cheese from each 
cow is about 450 lbs. The cheese season com- 
/, ' Hpneoye Falls. Carver's Improved 
One-Handle Horse Rake. 
Wnkston, I)., Leroy. Horse Hay-Fork, 
The Season, Crops, &c.— The weather for the past 
week has been all that could be desired by the far 
mer, so tar as the cuttiBg and securing of the nay 
crop is concerned. It has been Intensely hot-an 
Mrc hell 7 received jrom mences about the first of March. The cow,-are cr °P 1* concerned. It has been intensely hot-an 
'■ < f np e ' not kept in barns or clo.-e stables, as is the practice advanta k e t0 the bay, bnt exhausting to the hay- 
u have made these revelations with reluc- in New York, but in sheds built of stone and maker- B >ft< these days of mowing machines and 
tnnee. They are not of sufficient importance to uicely paved, In these they take their nlrce horee rakes, the farmer can ailorii to pm up with the 
pay our readers for this consumption of space, during summer, night aud morning for milking' ^ mncb than when the burden .of the bar- 
But we felt bound thoroughly to repel an Im- and each milker is allotted seven cows “ 7 ““ ?.! b ° T *" S ° far 
plied imputation on onr fairness, and even on__L everythin^ has progressed favorably, and should no 
!TLI! r !J i i y ’ an i^ 0rOUghly !? eXP ° Se a djr ° n * BUTTER-MAKING - RUSSIAN PROCESS. 
our veracity, and thoroughly to expose a chron¬ 
ic. case of ignorance, presumption, misrepresen¬ 
tation and Imposture. 
Condensed Correspondence, Items. <fce. 
Cuts of Sheep and Pedigrees. — W. C. Dear- 
dorff, Canal Dover, O. Cuts of tlieep are inserted 
in this paper free ol charge, if dear statements of 
pedigree arc received from source* known to be reli¬ 
able. Wc have in not a few cases inserted them when 
we did not know whether the accompanying state¬ 
ments were reliable or not, acting on the presump¬ 
tion that they wen so. That presumption lias some¬ 
times been founded, pot on the assertions of the own¬ 
er but on the written statements of third persons. 
But this wc feel bound to say. The appearance of a 
cut and an accompanying pedigree In the Rural, fa 
no case implies that v e vouch for the accuracy of 
that pedigree, unless m distinctly say so. Ae a gene¬ 
ral tiling we simply give the statements of the owner 
—thus ,as it were, recording a claim or pedigree and 
nothing more. If the reputation of the claimant is 
sufficiently good, and eulficiently well known to the 
public to give his statements general credit, then the 
predtgree will be regarded as established; but if the 
claimant is unknown, or is not favorably known, the 
putting his aeeumed pedigrees (n print adds nothing 
to their credibility or authority. 
Hoof-Rot.—J. R. Gaston, El Paso, Woodford Co., 
Ill. Dipping the feet of lambs affected with hoof-rot 
in a hot, saturated solntiou of blue vitriol, cannot bo 
expected to enre in all cases by one application, per¬ 
haps, even if all the other proper conditions are ob¬ 
served, such as a proper paring of the feet, keeping 
them from moisture alterwards, &c., &c. But, in 
onr opinion, a more effectual remedy, for lambs, has 
never been discovered. In the case of older sheep, 
and In advanced stages of the disease when the feet 
are in a highly nlceraled condition, sharp caustics 
(butyr of antimony Is best) are indicated; but in 
moderate cases, blue vitriol is the sheet-anchor ol 
remedies. It adds greatly to the value of remedies, 
among those who know nothing about their proper¬ 
ties and effects, to compound lhem out of a dozen in¬ 
gredients. But this does no good, and is apt to do 
harm. In some euro recipes we have seen, one in¬ 
gredient neutralized a poriiou < f the whole of the 
other. 
It is stated that a method prevails in Russia, 
in preparing milk for creaming, differing some¬ 
what from that commonly adopted In most other 
countries. Before proceeding to milk the cows 
a kettle, partially filled with Avater, Is placed 
upon a stove for the purposo of having tbe wa¬ 
ter raised to the boiling point by the time a pall 
is filled with milk. The latter is strained into 
auother pail, which should be of tin and per¬ 
fectly sweet and clean, and, when filled, placed 
In the boiling water till the milk becomes raised 
to about the scalding point, when it shonld be 
transferred to pans aud placed in the cellar or 
milk honsq till the cream rise*. The advantages 
of this process are said to lie an abridgement of 
the time usually required for churning, and an in¬ 
crease of the butter product. The extra labor is 
but trifling while the benefits this preparation of 
milk for butter-making may be considerable. 
A Great Flow of Milk. — The Amherst 
(Mass.) Express boasted of a cow owned by 
Judge French which gave an average of 49 lbs. 
of milk for seven successive days. The Green¬ 
field (Mass.) Gazette caps this with a cow owned 
in that place which gave 392 lbs. in six days or 
56 lbs. per day. The Boston Cultivator here¬ 
upon, steps In and takes them all down with a 
Holland cow imported by W. W. Chanery of 
Belmont, which gave 744 lbs. in ten days or an 
average of 74,k; lbs. per day. 
“ Yon ask me if I cannot correct the ‘ errer.’ Cer- 111,8 
tainly I can ami will correct any error which you will cult 
epecllllcally point out and convince me of: andif you ^ 00 f 
tail to convince me, I, al least, will give you the ben¬ 
efit of * full bearing, and will publish your letter in Jon S' 
the mrao Appendix. I would give nn enemy ftiir play soils 
—my friend ft entitled to more than fair play. * * crw p 
I will incur any expense in correcting or 
changlm; Uie stereotype plates of ilie work which is a ( P' C 
necessary to put yon rectus in curia, as the lawyers aud 
say, right in the court. Lose no time unnecessari¬ 
ly.' &c. Ph 
Pcllino Wool.—Enlarged Hoofs.— S. W. Pot¬ 
ter, Gardner, Grundy Co., 111. We see no explana¬ 
tion of the fact of your sheep ailing wool off from 
each other , to the considerable extent stated, unless 
they have accidentally had salt spilled on them. 
Otherwise, it would seem to be the result of a dis¬ 
eased appetite, not consistent with the apparently 
healthy condition of the Hock. We have, however, 
occasionally seen a healthy appearing sheep that 
would frequently snatch off a lock of woo! from 
another aud eat it. We have in some cases thought 
this was a trick or habit acquired—it would be dllfi 
cult to say how, unless as above explained. The 
hoofs of Merino sheep arc constantly growing out 
longer—and they grow more rapidly on low, wet 
soils. They should be cat once or twice a year. Oth¬ 
erwise they become large, nnsighlly, give the sheep 
a tF'OQOy gait, and the curled under sides retain mad 
and filth. 
The Implement Trial -Of the N. Y. State Ag. -- 
Society commenced at Auburn on the 10th fast,, nc- Flies, Bugs, <tc.— A Remedt.— It is said that the 
der very favorable auspices, and good progress was weevil can he kept from wheat bins by sprinkling 
made nntll thecloseof the week-a trial of Ike mow- e ' <3er l ea 'es among the grain as it is stored away. 
Ing machines entered oecnping most of the time. Wo f *’k eee le *ves placed on or about cucumber vines and 
have no space for details this week. Below is a list cabbages will preserve them from the ravages of 
of the Eentries of machines and implements for hugs aud the other enemies by which they are corn- 
trial: monly attacked. The milk-room or pantry can he 
Reafino Machines.— Adrlance, Platt ff Co. Pou»h- clear the fly nuisance, it Is said. In the same 
keepsie, N. Y 1 No. 1 Buckeye Mower and^Reaper, way. Branches of the elder should be hung np around 
& «"■, ■ «* "!>« «■* io 
Hand and 8clf-Raker. - ’ replace them by new ones. It is a remedy eaeily 
everything has progressed favorably, and should no 
sudden change occur, this may be classed among the 
most propitioas haying seasons known in tbis;eection 
during many years. 
The weather has also of late been eminently favor¬ 
able for the corn crop, which was held back so long, 
early fa the season, by frequent and copious cold rain 
storms, Interjected with many severe and untimely 
frosts. At present corn is coming forward at a crack¬ 
ing p6ce, so that at early morning one ,can almost 
“see It grow.” This is tree also of the potato which is 
growing finely, though it would perhaps be improved 
by a Food daeta of rain at this J unctu re, as tbls Is about 
the setting Beason with this plant. However the 
want of moleture has not been much felt] yet, and 
should the Insect and the rot hold oil', the prospect 
of a good yield In early autumn has rarely been more 
promising than it Is now. 
The wheat harvest is at hand in this section, and 
the promise of a fair yield, in Western New York, 
is quite flattering. It is true that, within a short 
time, complaints are heard of the appearance of the 
midge, not only here, but also across t-hc lake lu Can¬ 
ada. However at similar complaints arc made every 
year, it Is to be Imped that damage, from this source, 
will not be in excess of that customarily sustained 
therefrom. 
Vegetable gardens are doing better than the untow 
nrd spring season seemed to warrant, and our market 
begins to show the customary variety of these pro¬ 
ducts, A fair supply of seasonable vegetables is now 
promised. Though generally later than usual, they 
are none the less welcome. 
It may not be amiss, in closing these notes, to state 
that for a week past the thermometer lias indicated a 
degree of heat not often witnessed for so many con¬ 
secutive days—say lYotn SO to 00 degrees fa the shade. 
Still, Bevere as this is, no cases of sunstroke have 
beon reported here as yet. At this writing, (tl A. M., 
July 16,) the thermometer in our otllce marks 94 in 
the shade I 
Finally:—Comply with the Injunction found in the 
old copy-books In the days of Du. worth's Speller, 
and “make hay while the sun shines." 
Flies, Bugs, <tc.—A Remedy,—I t is said that the 
weevil can be kept from wheat bins by sprinkling 
elder leaves among the grain as it is stored away. 
These leaves placed on or about cucumber vines and 
cabbages will preserve them from the ravages of 
bugs and the other enemies by which they are com¬ 
monly attacked. The milk-room or pantry can be 
kept clear 6f the fly nuisance, it Is said. In the same 
Hand and Self-Raker.' 
Aulltnan. J tiller <fc Co., Akron, Ohio. 1 . Buckeye 
Reaper and Mower; 2. do, do. as Self-Raker. 
Bradley & Son, C. C„ Syracuse, N. Y. J. Syracuse 
SeU-Rakimr Reaper. 
Brinlerhoff, C. Rochester. L Reaping Machine. 
Ptdi-rei\ jV A., Greene. 1. Reaper—self-raker. 
Podge <!• Stevenson, Manufacturing Co.. Aubnrn X. 
Y. 1. Combined Mower and Reaper—Hand-Raker' 
2. Patent Combined Reaper, with wooden frame, for 
use as self-raker or hand raker; 3. Dodge’s Patent 
Combined Reaper, with iron frame, for use as self- 
raker or band-raker. 
Ualladay. IV. II., Auburn', l. Marsh's Combined 
Machine—self-raker; ii American Mower. 
Herrington, E. F., Rondout, N. Y. i. Combined 
Ragle Mower and Reaper. 
Hull , Stejihen, Poughkeepsie, N. Y. 1. Combined 
Mower ana Reaper—seif-raker. 
The answer, (Nov. 14,) contained some argu¬ 
ments against our positions, but none of the 
specific facts called lor. It contained, howev¬ 
er, an insolent menace. He wrote: 
“Your mistake was in giving an incorrect state- 
* In thcN. H. Mirror and Fanner he states that there 
Is a "gross tulaund ore taadi 11 g’’ contained In onr state¬ 
ments. Ia private letters seen bj ourselves, he lias flatly 
denied Unit Col. Needham or himself used the iancuage 
denied Unit Cdl. Needham or himself used tile iatiuunge 
imputed by us to Col. Needham. 
i'—Wn- oy uicvnimn ujsii- f fa im ot 1$J7he bought,a ram ofEbenezer Bridge ol 
mony of three well kuown gentleman who were Prompvt, yt., which was gut by a nun bought in Mr. 
... .. 6 , , Bridie ol Mr. Hammond. (Jn the fifth Nov, lsiS, wc wrote 
present at the conversation, and In part by Mr, Mr. Campbell that we had been informed" that the whole 
Cauisell’s owe subsequent Mk admissions 5f 
to ourselves. If te means to denj that u Mm*f gg 
made to us the same statements imputed above Mr. Uamuiond - flock, were erroneous. In his reph 
i. , iXov. 25,) he dues UOl deny lint truthfulness of onr in¬ 
to Col. Needham, we stand ready to prove it by iormation.but cuinm that Mr. Bridge not Mr. Hammond 
_ "should have the credit r.f that anlinab" he- m the 
* Tliis explanation le offered by him in the K.u. Mir- , R f' e . r "’>5?- a *! r ;£*. m W el L ?! ,r ' 
ror and Farmer. Bn! we are informed on what vve a mi- chased of Mi ■ i a than Cur.dm. ol W ..od.-toi \ t., 6 ram 
pose to be good authority that there is something still V OT Vf '- ‘" n „ u !f Messrs. Cutting ol Rtchville, \ t. 
behind in tiffs transaction - that he never received the In this Turner, 
alleged price. If ihere is any error in this statement ,.. ,° 08 
wo aro ready to correct It. If onr authority ts asked tor 1 ^ft'- Hammond out of one ot theliewes 
sa-irtv if, ffivt* It ' ot huh Alwooil end half Rhode Island stock. They 
vve.a.ie : n further state that Mr. Campbell “used him as a stock 
tit was published Sept. 9,1365. ram for some years." 
made to us the same statements Imputed above 
to Col. Needham, we stand ready to prove it by 
* Tliis explanation le offered by him in the N.u. Mir- 
ror and Farmer. Bnl we ore iniormed on what vve sup¬ 
pose to be good authority that there is something n i uy " un . ol . u !f '? u 'v r! V °> 
behind in this transaction - that he never received the xr Q ,^ r iS C0 ,^t j£ 
alleged price. Li there is any error in this at at emeu t 
we are ready to correct It. If our authority is asked tdr 
vve are ready to give it. 
t It was published Sept. 9,1865. 
Phillip tNE Islands Sheep.— C. W. Ball, Victor, 
incloses ns two samples of wool ftom a ram and ewe 
brought from the Phillipfae Islands. Mr. B. says: 
“ They are yearlings—quite small—probable weight 
50 lbs. each. The ram’s fleeco weighed 5 lbs. ll oz., 
the ewe’s 1 lbs. 15 oz. They had been washed, or 
rather washed at. They are the property of Mr. W. 
H. Van Cott, one of my neighbors." The wool is 
between 9 and 10 inches long -coarse, that of the ram 
having hairy ends—strong—with good luster. Both 
contain noils. They are good carpet wools, and we 
should think them fitted to make some of the combed 
wool fabrics.’’ 
Horned Merino Ewes.— A. L. Martin, East Pales¬ 
tine, Ohio, asks “ what is the discount on a Merino 
ewe that has horns," aud if there “ would be danger 
of using her male offspring as stock rams ?" There 
were always a proportion of horned ewes fa (he pure 
Merino flocks in cSpain. They are perhaps intrinei- 
eallv as valuable ae hornless ewes—but are not as 
much " in fashion" in this country. The “ discount” 
would be a matter of fancy—with some men consid¬ 
erable, with others little or nothing. It is rather our 
impression that her male progeny would not be 
greatly more likely to get homed ewes than other 
rams. 
aud Keaper—uana-KaKer. .\o. 3 . Combined Mow¬ 
er and Reaper — Bell-Raker, No. 4: 4. Combined 
Mower and Reaper, vvitb Hand and Self-Raker, No. 5 
Seymour ,(• Morgan, Brockport, N. Y. 1. Self-Ra- 
kinc Reaper aud Mower. 
Williams, Wallace d- Co.. Syracuse, N. Y. 1. Hub¬ 
bard’s Combined Reaper and Mower, with Syracuee 
Self-Raker, No. 1: 2. Hubbard's Combined Reaper 
and Mower, with Syracuse Self-Raker, No. 2. 
WheiUr, C., Jr., Auburn, N. Y» 1. Cayuga Chief 
Harvester—Self-RakiDg Attachment; 2, CayugaChiei 
Harvester—Dropping Attachment; 3. Une Mower; 
4. One Mower. 5. Out.* Mower: t>. One Mower, 
ffhoti, Walter A., Uooeick Falls, N. V. 1. Corn- 
tested, and If It falls no harm is done. 
Fattening Fowls.—Puepabing for Market.— 
The French, ia preparing fowls for market, are said 
to feed them, for two or three weeks before killing, 
on dough made of wheaten flour, salt and water and 
a few small gravel stones. Some dozen hours before 
killing they are kept fasting, and then killed by 
opening a vein in the neck. They are then hung up 
till all the blood is out, when they are picked and 
dressed. It is this process which {jives the French 
poultry Its remarkable delicacy of appearance. 
1 — 
Muck and Peat. — (Subscriber.) Experiment is 
the best meihod of testing your muck beds. Apply 
some to your soil and watch the result, i t will prob¬ 
ably be more apparent the second year tbau tbe first. 
To test it for peat, cut out some blocks after remov¬ 
ing the eurihee soil, dry them under cover, and bum 
them. You can quickly decide on Us value then. 
Wc will shortly publish an article on peat beds and 
their working. 
No Moae Selling by the Bushel.— The Albany 
Board of Trade have recommended a change in the 
method of buying and selling grain, substituting 
weight for measurement by the bushel. It is pro- 
blued Mower aud Reaper—band-raker: 2. Self-Raking buv and udi nil uinHa r.f ™in hv 
Reaper (chain rake :) 3. Combined Self-Raking Reap- 1 , b / f t!1 a11 kInds of £ rain and 80cds by 
er aud Mower; 4. Self-Raking Reaper (sweep rake;) ft ,e hundred weight, thus adopting the French mitric 
5. Combined Self Baking Reaper and Mower, (sweep system. 
eraua Mower; 4, sen-KaKing Reaper (sweep rake; / 
5 . Combined Self-Raking Reaper and Mower, (sweep 
! rake.) f 
Mowing Machines,— Adrians Platt d: C-O., Pough¬ 
keepsie. L Buckeye Mower, No. 2. 
Allen, R. L., New York. 1. One Horse Pony Clip¬ 
per Mower. 
American Agricultural Trwfa, New York. 1. Col¬ 
ombian Mowing Machine. 
Bradley it Son, Syracuse. 1. Hubbard Mower. 
podge Cb Stevenson Manufacturing Co., Auburn. 1. 
Dodge’s Patent, No. 2 iron Mower—Ohio and Buck¬ 
eye Patents combined. 
Dow tfc Fowler, Fowlervllle, N. \ 1. Yankee 
Mower. „ 
Button, R., Brooklyn. 1. One Horse Gleaner Mower. 
Herrington, E. F., Rondout. 1. Two Horse Eagle 
Mower. 
the hundred weight, thus adopting the French mitric 
system. 
“ A. S.,“ West Brighton. The sample of bugs left 
at our office has been submitted to the best authority 
here for a name, but without success. It is pro¬ 
nounced one of the “ beetle" family, hut of what dis¬ 
tinctive branch, is not stated. 
Eradicating Sorrel.—(B. C. H., Mich) Enrich 
your soil, grow large crops of clover, and the sorrel 
will disappear. 
Cider Mill Screws.—S ee advertisement of Rum- 
sey & Co. for correction as to prices. 
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