EDITED BY HENKY S. HANDALL, LL, D. 
VERMONT MERINOS AT HAMBURG 
In our Issue of July 21st., ttc made an expose 
of the fake statements which hare been palmed 
off on the American public, under the authority 
of Mr. Georgs Campbell, in regard to the suc¬ 
cess of his sheep at the International Exhibition 
at Hamburg in 1863. That individual attempts 
to parry these exposures, in articles published 
in the Country Gentleman, August 23d, SOth, 
and September Cth: and a more hopeless exhi¬ 
bition of incompetency to understand the force 
and relation of facts—to comprehend the bear¬ 
ing of testimony—to reason on, or even see the 
point* in the case, we never before witnessed. 
There would be nothing sofllciently important 
in this matter to demand further attention were 
it not for the fact that onr agricultural and to 
some extent our other journals have, on the 
strength of tills man’s misrepresentations, done 
gross injustice to foreign breeders. In the eyes 
of those foreign breeders onr press and people 
•have connived at a flagrant deception for the ben¬ 
efit of one of our own citizens, or to cater to na¬ 
tional vanity. We owe it to ourselves therefore 
faithfully to trace those false statements to their 
origin. And when the detected Impostor stands 
forth brazenly on his defence, impeaches ofliclal 
•records, and even hurls charges of scandalous 
•corruption on the judges of the International 
Exhibition, it is high time that he be made an 
•example of, for the benefit of all future adventu¬ 
rers who may under similar circumstances feel 
tempted thus to disgrace t he American name. To 
make the exposure thorough it will be necessary 
to track him step by step, at wearisome length, 
through a long series of shifts, evasions and false 
allegations—thus devoting to him a degree of 
attention whoily disproportloned to Lis personal 
importance, but none the less due to the ends of 
public justice. 
To defend himself from the charge of acquies¬ 
cing in the statements made by Mr. Needham at 
.Rutland—copied iutotbe Practical Shepherd and 
other publications,—Mr. Campbell now says, 
“ he was not present and did not hear the ad- 
.dresB” of that gentleman. lie was in attend¬ 
ance at the meeting. If he slipped out when the 
particulars of his own alleged success at Ham¬ 
burg were first publicly proclaimed by the Com¬ 
missioner of his State, he at least declined none 
of the warm congratulations offered him by 
ourselves and others on the supposed extent of 
his victory. But, in reality, his personal re¬ 
sponsibility for Air. Nuedham's statements does 
not in the least depend upon his presence or ab¬ 
sence on that occasion. The fact stands patent 
that in publishing those statements to the world 
■we expressly declared that we did so “ on the per¬ 
sonal authority oj Air. Campbell and Col. Need¬ 
ham.” Suppose we were mistaken in believing 
them to be authorized by Mr. Campbell. They 
were made for his benefit. They inured enor¬ 
mously to his reputation and pecuniary interest, 
'They were tint rue. Could he, then, in common 
-.honesty remain silent and reap all the advan¬ 
tages of them? Was he not hound at once to 
set ns right and set the public right in the prem¬ 
ises ? Yet he uttered not a word to show that a 
mistake had been made In bis l’uvor, or that his 
personal authority futd been improperly cited, until 
-exposure overtook him from Europe. If not 
accessory before the act, ho thus rendered him- 
eelf accessory after the act. By every maxim 
recoguized among men of honor, his silence, 
•under such circumstances, rendered him as 
much a party to the deception as if he had dic¬ 
tated every word which appeared on the subject 
in the Practical Shepherd. 
He .attempts to escape from this dilemma by 
saying that immediately after his correspond- 
•ence with us, which followed the publication of 
the Practical Shepherd, he wrote to Mr. Moore, 
jaroiprietorof the Rural New-Yorker, “ask¬ 
ing him if he would publish a fair statement of 
Yhe case; ” and he adds that he wrote an article, 
<fcc., and “ that no reply was received." Grant¬ 
ing all this to be true, what prevented Air. 
Campbell from going to other journals with his 
article? They at least were open to him. His 
viihasacter was at stake. What might have been 
mistakes'in Mr. Needham, virtually became de¬ 
liberate falsehoods in himself, if he voluntarily 
.sanctioned them by his silence for one unneces¬ 
sary day. Yet, as already said, nothing roused 
him from that silence but public exposure f 
Mr. Campbell did write to Mr. AIoore, ask¬ 
ing Gum if he would publish an article—though 
the latter never informed us of the fact until he 
•• fetid so, in the letter below,* in answer to our in- 
•qfiiries made since the appearance of Air. Camp- 
HELL’-t, statements on the subject. In view of 
the faat that immediately preceding Ms letter to 
Mr. Moore, Air. Campbell had been engaged in 
a protracted correspondence with us, in which 
he importunately demanded more credit than we 
■had given him in our published account of the 
HamburgExhibition, without conveying a h intthat 
one had given him any undue credit —and in view 
* The following is Air. Moohe's explanation; 
_ „ „ HootiESTKE, K. Y.,Ang, 28, tSGG. 
TIox. n. S. rLvxr* ■ ll : - J/j) Pear Sir• Your favor of 
22d, rec d, Mr. LBoKi.r CAjfpjJELL .iff/ once writs me 
( as hceutes In Co. Gent. > 3,1 Inst.', askinc If I would 
Polish a statement reUtU e to Ills Vermont Merinos ex- 
Ranihur^-bm I never received the avLlcfe 
which be say* was written for the Itrmu. Vkw-Yohveu 
and Presume euevariotwardefl though Ms language 
conveya tbfi Itrip-vitslon that he did. The letter anninS 
about nWttMf f r Intended to lot ward to you? hut ;7 
was mislaid and did not, " turn nj," r 0 r months, and until 
after Mr. C. had nude bis statement In another Journal U 
At the time 1 did noi regard the matterIs onmoor- 
tancc—nor do J now-tor Mr. Cum™ inl ine ®- ttUt ioi 
as conductor ot the feiu-ep Iftish’ry Dept, of Bukai’ 
was the party to adurens. and that neither von nnr't 
•would treat unfairly any proper statement he niMitsulr- 
■mit for publication. Indeed, I thought |te oueht flr™t. to 
write yon%'(aa it now seems li-om hi* article tn c7c, ho 
had done.i instead of arkirt: of me a pledge i., .,,.?,i 
an article affecting you. in advance of ua pent at Tin* 
was ninyular enough, but thru u« should now lead the 
reader - oj the C. G. to iufer that tie bad gout a statement 
for publication, Mul never heart* from It, is most nnjuu 
ana surpising. 
In haste, Tours truly, 
D. D. T. Moons. 
of his long and voluntary silence on the latter 
point, subsequently—the Idea that he intended 
| to make a clean breast of it to Air. AIoore is too 
manifestly absurd to bcentertalned for a moment. 
If he wanted to obtain anything through the 
Rural New-Yorker, It was more credit. This 
was the burden of his song to numerous gentle¬ 
men who visited him at this period. He told 
them that he WA3 preparing something for pub¬ 
lication on the subject— toniething to vindicate 
him from our injustice toward him , But he told 
none of them that the Practical Shepherd con¬ 
tained errors in his favor —that the whole super¬ 
structure of his fictitious reputation had been 
built up on falsehood! 
Air. Campbell says:—" In a letter dated Sept, 
lit, 1863, after urging me to write a statement of 
my success at Hamburg, &c., Col. Randall 
says I—* I heard Mr. Needham’s speech, but I 
carry no precise facts In my memory.’ ” This is 
offered to show the unreliability of our recollec¬ 
tions of Air. Needham’s speech! We preserved 
no copy of this letter, and are indebted to Mr. 
Campbell for thus confessing that before the 
Practical Shepherd was published we not only 
asked but urged him to give a written statement 
of his success at Hamburg for pubieatlon in that 
work; and secondly, that in attempting to give 
the substance of an address embracing so many 
detailed facts and figures, not written down by 
us at the time, we did not rely on our own un¬ 
aided recollection, but went to others, and to 
Mr. Campbell himself, for a verification of the 
facts. 
We are equally Indebted to him for calling at¬ 
tention to another circumstance, viz.: that in 
our article of Sept. 9,1865—giving the Hamburg 
official prize list—we republished aud gave Mr. 
Needham the full benefit of the corrections of 
his original statements at Rutland in regard to 
the number of sheep competing with Mr. Camp¬ 
bell at Hamburg, which he placed in his report 
to the Commissioner of Agriculture; and that 
on the same occasion we said—“It U by no 
means impossible that contemporaneously pub¬ 
lished reports of CoL Needham’s remarks be¬ 
fore the Vermont Wool Growers’ Association 
will show that he also stated the actual number 
of competitors against the American sheep.” 
Mr. Campbell might have added that on the 
14th of October following, we published a letter 
from Col. Needham, giving all theexplanations he 
chose to offer in regard to the discrepancies be¬ 
tween his statements at Ratland and the official 
prize list. Our columns always have been and 
are still open to him. We have ever claimed to 
treat him liberally and courteously— to put the 
most favorable construction on his mistakes— 
and to give him the benefit of every doubt. We 
felt the same disposition towards Mr. Campbell 
until he with equal impudence and unscrupu¬ 
lousness sought to bully us to suppress the 
truth or state an untruth for his benefit.* 
After Air. Cam pell has thus quoted our repub- 
lieatlon of Air. Needham’s corrections in his 
report to the Commissioner of Agriculture, will 
the reader be most amused or astonished to learn 
that, in the .next paragraph, this clear-headed 
personage asks why we did not moke the very 
corrections which he has just quoted in our own 
words. “ Was it not his duty,” he exclaims, 
“and not ours.” 
ltefering to “Col. Needham's remarks before 
the Vermont Wool Growers’ Association,” Mr. 
Campbell assumes that we have offered to 
prove the accuracy of our version of them by 
the “written testimony of three well known gen¬ 
tlemen;” an d he courageouly remarks “Iliopeto 
see his proofs.” It would be rather premature to 
offer proofs so formal of a fact we have never seen 
questioned by any one who was present at Air. 
Needham's address, except by that gentleman 
himself, and by him only in the single point 
already referred to. What we did offer thus to 
prove was that Mr. Needham informed us at 
Rutland that on all occasions at Hamburg Mr. 
Campbell signified to the breeders of Germany 
and Franco, and requested him (Col. Need dam ) 
to Eignify, that he was not the founder or lead¬ 
ing breeder of the improved family of American 
Merinos,” Arc., and that Mr. Campbell distinctly 
concurred in this declaration. Mr. Campbell in 
his correspondence has denied having made this 
truthful and creditable admission. He undoubt¬ 
edly sought to be understood as denying it in the 
articles In which he opened the present contro¬ 
versy. It is the very fountain head of all his 
griefs. It is this which, with a vanity made 
mad by the applause bestowed on an imaginary 
victory, he complained Of so bitterly in his cor¬ 
respondence with us, quoted by ns July 21. It 
is this which, compared with his German hand¬ 
bill, affords so decisive a test of his personal 
veracity! Does he call for the proofs ? 
Wc shall resume the subject next week. 
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* See correspondence between Mr. Campbell aucl tie In 
our article ot July 2lst. 
Condensed Correspondence, Items, &c. 
Mr. Runt ax’s Bueep.—V. Lee Runyan, Seneca 
Castle, N. Y., writes that his yearling ram “Horatio” 
was not sammer-houeed, and clipped 14 hi lbs. of clean 
unwashed wool. His (t three year old ewes (bought 
of H. M. Boabdman, Rushville, N. Y.,) not eumnier- 
housed, averaged 8 lbs. 2 oza. per head of unwashed 
wool, it being of 11 months and 14 days growth. Six 
suckled winter lambs. Horatio was got by ram sold 
by Henrt Lane of Vt., to n. Rai-lee, Rushvihe, N. 
Y., he by the Cross Ram, by Greasy, by Wooster, by 
Old Black. Dam of Horatio a Myrtle ewe, bred by 
Tyler Sticrne y of Vt., by the Old Robinson Ram. 
The ewes were got by a ram owned byAlTETLE & 
AIakshall of N. Y., bred by N. 8 axton, Vt., and by 
him sold to A. F. Wilcox of N. Y. The dams of the 
nine ewes were bred from St.ickney ewes. 
Retort op Committee on Scoured Fleece? — 
Correction. — Air. Gazley, who won the Randall 
Prize for the best scoured fleece of Engish Long 
Wool, at the recent trial made under the auspices of 
the N. Y. S. Sheep Breeders’ and Wool Growers' As¬ 
sociation, writes that the Committee were in error 
in Btating that his Cotswold ram which won the prize 
was a two year old,—as he was but a yearling. 
Passage or the Tariff Bill in Congress -This 
exciting scene is thus graphically described by a most 
intelligent private correspondent who was an eye 
witness of the proceedings, and thoroughly “posted 
up'' in all that was going on. He by no means, how¬ 
ever, mentions all those who were active and influ¬ 
ential in support of the bill—such men as AIourhead 
and Lawrence of P&, Gkinnell of Iowa, and many 
others. He writes: 
“I confess that I regarded -he fate of the genera! 
Tariff bill, when It came np before the House, aa ex- 
tremeJy doubtful. Many men of the West, especially 
from Iowa, Illinois and Indiana, under the dictation 
of the Chicago Tribune, made a formidable opposi¬ 
tion to the bill, pri-.wittietandlng its provisions for 
their interest#. The Eastern men declared that they 
would not have the responsibility thrown upon them 
of passing a tariff bill mainly for Western interests. 
It seemed likely that 'be bill wonld drop between the 
two stools. J.’L. Hayea worked with all bis might 
w 1th both the West and the East. Finding out the 
disposition of many Eastern men, he telegraphed to 
Boston to "pour in telegrams upon Massachusetts 
member# demanding ot them to vote for the tariff.” 
Edward#, the Chairman Of the Ex. Com. Of the Man¬ 
ufacturers’ Association,* plied the wires vigorously. 
Among the men who labored, by personal Influence 
aud in debate, with marked earnestness, I would 
name Judge Hall and Mr. Davis of your state (N. Y.) 
The former posted himself up thoroughly oa the wool 
and woolen question. Delano aud Garfield and Law¬ 
rence of Ohio —all perfectly conversant with that 
question — and Dawes and Adey of Max*., and Kelly 
of Fa. The scene in the House on the flue! paeeage 
of the bill was very exciting. It was a pitched pur- 
licmentary battle and beautifully lougnt. It was 
opened by the Are of Morrill's aitlllcry, heavy and 
effective. All the tactics of legislative contest# w ere 
brought into play. But the battle was won by the 
cavafrv charge of Delano of Ohio. It was ns brilliant 
as Nolan's, and ho look the gunsl I never heard a 
speech so directly effective upon votes. It is admitt¬ 
ed that he carried the day, foe the bill, which most of 
us had given up the evening before, was earned by 
a triumphant vote.” 
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• Mr. Biueiow u now traveling in Europe. 
Loss or Lambs.— H. Coventrt, Scott, N. Y., com¬ 
plain of the losscf three-fourth# of his lambs by fee¬ 
bleness subsequently, ne kept "To sheep most of 
the time” throogh the winter In a stable 10 by 80 
feet. They were fed abont half the time on coarse, 
damaged clover, and the rest of the time on good 
meadow hay. He fed them 20 quarts of corn daily. 
These sheep were too closely confined; and whatever 
may be the case on the western prairies, half a pint 
of corn and upwards per head daily to breeding ewes. 
Is generally in (his region too much for the good of 
the lambs. _ 
Missouri Lands.— “A Friend,” Boston, Mas?., and 
"A Subscriber,” Attica, Ohio, wish to know where 
and at what prices the fine sheep lands in Missouri, 
wc have referred to, are to be found. A. 0. Forshey, 
Land Agent, Montgomery City, Missouri, can proba¬ 
bly give the desired Information more definitely than 
we can. _ 
Heavy Fleece.—Saml, Boardman, West Rutland, 
Vt., writes that hts yealing ram "Gen. Dix” sheared 
20 lbs. 12 oz of wool,—that be was out of a Sanford 
ewe by Hammond's Silver Mine. 
w. 
posed to the weather. Frequent stirring of the 
soil is necessary to destroy the grass and weeds, 
and that facilitates evaporation of volatile and 
gaseous substances. Instead of pursuing this 
course why not grow a second crop of green 
manure to plow down—buckwheat, for examples. 
Harrow the fallow thoroughly as soon as the 
first plowino is finished and sow thickly of 
buckwheat. Dress the young plants with gyp¬ 
sum and ashes. If the crop grows rank it will 
shade the ground, keep it moist and destroy the 
weeds as effectually as would the harrow on the 
naked fallow. Labor is saved by this method. 
And the effect of a heavy growth of buckwheat 
plowed down iu blossom i3 about equal to that 
of a clover crop. Buckwheat might be sown 
after a barley crop, when it is intended to sow 
the etubble with wheat, and a heavy coat of 
green manure thus obtained. Of caurse the 
barley should be harvested as early as possible 
and the plowing and sowing should follow im 
mediately. “I have no time to do that,” says 
the farmer who stilt travels the deep ruts his an¬ 
cestors made. “ Till less, then, and till better,” 
is the hint of an early foresight, a? by and by it 
will be the dictate of necessity. There may be 
other plants which wonld excel buckwheat for 
this purpose: vetebea succeed well in Europe, 
and turnips would make a large growth of tops 
in favorable seasons. We are novices yet in the 
art of green manuring. Chtel. 
hmit si 
LETTER FROM JOHN JOHNSTON. 
Editor Rural :—You are right in advising not 
to sow wheat so early. I find from the loth to 
the 25th of September the safest time for me to 
sow. I think you are right also about a clover 
seed crop exhausting the land. 1 have raised 
many crops of clover seed, hut if I had not 
made more manure than farmers do generally I 
could not have done so profitably. 
Wheat, barley and oats were good in this imme¬ 
diate neighborhood, but 1 hear of very bad 
wheat crops in both the south aud the north 
parts of our county, (Seneca.) I think early 
sowing ha3 been part of the cause, I find the 
wheat least forward when winter Eets in stands 
a hard winter better on my farm than that sown 
earlier and more forward. Truly yours, 
John Johnston. 
Near Genvea, N. Y., Sept., 1866. 
NOTES FROM THE FARM. 
FAILURE OF CLOVER. 
Do we grow, generally, as large crops of clo¬ 
ver now as formerly ? According to my obser¬ 
vation, (somewhat limited I will confess,) rank, 
thinck-set crops of clover are more the excep¬ 
tion than the rule on our farms. Complaint is 
general, too, throughout all our grain growing 
regions. The clover don’t catch well, and 
spring harrowing of wheat is sometimes re- 
Borted to for a remedy, and frequently timothy 
is substituted for the clover, and being sown in 
the autumn on the young wheat is generally suc¬ 
cessful. Nor does the sowing of clover with 
spring grains meet with better success. It com¬ 
monly cornea up well, but after the harvest the 
farmer complains that the drouth or the grain 
shading it ka3 killed it. I am afraid we shall be 
compelled to acknowledge that clover is become 
a difficult crop to raise; wliat is the reason ? It 
is, doubtless, because the elements necessary to 
Its growth are feeble in the soil. We have not 
grown too much clover, hut we have removed 
too much of it from the land. We have neg¬ 
lected to plow it under, preferring to make it 
into Lay. Then we have been so foolish as to 
take the after crop for seed, which crop exhausts 
the soil of the materials necessary to the well 
doing of the clover more than tiro cuttings for 
hay. It is the seed which draws cut the cream 
of the land. In short, we have diverted the 
clover crop from its legitimate use. We have 
tried to make money oitt of it for the present, 
Instead of fertilizing for the future. Let us be 
warned in season. It is an ominous sign when 
the clover begins to fail; when its long roots 
can no more draw strength from, the sub-soil or 
find nourishment in the mold of the surface, 
and the farmer must resort to other grasses to 
stock his land. 
THE CHEAPEST MANURE. 
It is that which grows from the soil; It re¬ 
quires neither expensive hauling nor composting. 
Comparatively few farmers know how to get the 
most or make the most of it . Take a summer 
fallow, for example; a crop of clover is plowed 
down in June, and from that time until about 
the middle of September the soil lies naked, ex- 
Order in Farming. 
Much is said about order in farming, and it 
is of the highest importance that we observe it. 
For instance, to let your crops get ripe about the 
same time, is an injury. It crowds your work: 
it over-ripens your grain, and you have loss In 
consequence; it spoils your hay by getting it 
too ripe; it brings you out of season with your 
grain, and with your business generally—and 
much perplexity and great los* In many ways, is 
the result. But the loss is*not so readily per¬ 
ceived as 60 much money out of the pocket 
would be: It is therefore not so much regarded. 
Shall we continue this bad 6tate of things ? we 
repeat.—How many bay crops have been lost by 
crowding them into the ripe condition? How 
many grain crops do wc sec yearly over ripe and 
measurably destroyed i These are common oc¬ 
currences. Hundreds of dollars are lost In this 
way on every farm yearly. A little mangeinent, 
aud no extra expense, would remedy this. Is 
there not a most flagrant wrong here? Is it not 
all unnecessary? We are not careless merely— 
we are lazy. Let us mend this matter, and ben¬ 
efit ourselves aud the country.— Rural World, 
Farm Wages in England, 
Mr. Willard of the Utica ( N. Y.,) Herald, 
writes as follows of the wages paid agricultural 
laborers iu Englaud. An English shilling is 
equal to about twenty-three cents in gold:— La¬ 
borers get eleven shillings per week, and two 
quarts of cider per day, and commence work at 
0 a. sr. and stop at 5>/ p. m. This is the extreme 
price for the best hands on an average. Ordi¬ 
nary hands, or those of poorer grade, get six 
shillings per week, and one quart of cider per 
day, and are paid weekly. No board is Included, 
as in America, for laborers. With the exception 
of cider or beer, they liud themselves iu board, 
and pay a rent for their cottages and gardens— 
one shilling per week. In going through the 
country, I find the laborers’ cottage much more 
comfortable than I had anticipated. These are 
usually constructed of stone, well roofed either 
with tile, slate or thatch, and look neat, com¬ 
fortable and cleanly. 
Male Turkeys Incubating. 
Could any of your readers state whether 
they have known the male of the American tur¬ 
key to sit on eggs, as at the present moment I 
have two sitting on hen’s eggs. I have fre¬ 
quently observed a tendency to sit in the male 
of this breed, but I have never before seen such 
an instance of continued and persistent sitting. 
Until they commenced their maternal duties 
they were constantly fighting with each other, 
or interfering with the peace and comfort of 
others—one of them having so far Indulged in 
his animosity as to have scalped a goose. But 
ever since they have taken to regular sitting 
they have become quite docile and amiable In 
their disposition.— IT. Lort, in London Field. 
Self-Seeding Wheat, 
A paper published at Hastings, Minn., gives 
the following account of a good crop of wheat 
being harvested from the shelled grains that 
were left on the gronnd a year before:—Mr, 
George Barbares of Vermillion, brought sjxty 
bushels of new wheat to this market, and sold 
It for £1.80 per bushel. This wheat was a por¬ 
tion of some 400 bushels raised on a 20 acre lot, 
which was self-sowed. The crop of last year on 
the field was harvested late, and shelled consid¬ 
erable in gathering. A fine crop came out last 
fall from this seed thus sown—wintered well, and 
the result is as abote stated—a yield of twenty 
bushels to the aefc. It is a beautiful plump 
berry, aud weighs pounds to the bushel. 
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Acclimation of Honey Bees. 
Dr. A, Gertsackek, in excluding a ^ery 
extensive memoir on the distribution ol the 
honey bee, observes that the most valuable form 
for Europe would be the Egyptian) partly on ac¬ 
count of their beauty, and partly because of 
their unwillingness to U3e their clings, which 
appears to be common to all African bees, and 
is also one of the recommendations of the Ital¬ 
ian bee. The Syrian bee agrees so closely with 
the Egyptian that it mayprove equally valuable; 
and next to these in value are the bees of the 
a cio Af>nnr 
The Stats and Cocntt Fairs-A re now in order 
and we trust will generally prove worthy the p r , : ] 
fessed cause and objects of their holding — R ura - 
Progress and Improvement being the chief. The X. 
Y. State and many County Fairs are being held this 
week. The principal State Fairs next week are those 
of Michigan (to be held at Adrian, ISth to 21st,) and 
Iowa i at Burlington, 13th to 21st.) The prospects for 
the Michigan Fair are very flattering. Adrian is a 
convenient location for a large portion of the State 
and the grounds are said to bo spacious and weq 
arranged. Oar information from exchanges and other 
sources leads ns to believe that the Fair will be qnite 
succt-ssfal — the entries numerous and the attendance 
greater than usual. The Peninsular State Israpidij- 
Improving in Agriculture and Horticulture, aud w« 
are glad to observe that the right, spirit La abroad ret¬ 
ail vo lo the approaching exhibition. 
— For a list of most of the State and Local Fairs to 
be held this season, see our issue of Aug. 25th; and 
don t forget, reader, to do what you may to render 
the one nearest yon a success—Creditable to the cause 
and community. 
A Fine Peach Orchard.— We recently had the 
pleasure of visiting the peach orchard of Mr. Bing¬ 
ham Diver of West Brighton, some five miles 
south of this city. The orchard contains one thon. 
sand trees and only occupies seven acres. The trees 
arc large and thrifty, and bearing a good crop—one 
which will pay Mr. D. several thousand dollars this 
year. It is the finest peach orchard we have seen the 
present season. We at first thought the trees were 
too close together—the tops Interlacing over nearly 
the whole orchard—but Mr. D. thinks they protect 
each other, and aa he attempts to grow nothing else 
on the ground, we are inclined to think his plan the 
right one. The orchard is worthy the examination 
of those abont planting peach trees on an extensive 
scale. 
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Vermont Merinos fcr Western New York.— 
We learn that Mr. N. E. Wheeler of Mlddlebury, 
Vt.,—who exhibited and sheared some superior sheep 
at Pavilion and Clarence, N. Y., In May last, as no¬ 
ticed in the Rural— has recently purchased of Mr. 
Henry W. Hammond his entire crop of ram Lambs 
dropped last spring. Such of these as are of suitable 
ago and size for business, together with other ram- 
and ewes, Mr. W. proposes to bring to Western New 
York for salo this season — arriving at Canandaigua, 
his first stopping place, about the 20th Instant. 
Seeding Old Meadow's.—P. Dill, Wlscoy, N. V., 
wishes to know whether the fall or spring is the best 
time to drag over and sow grass seed on old meadow#. 
If the meadow is well dragged in September and 
seeded the grass will get a pretty good start before 
winter sets In, hence will probably be so much la 
advance of that eown la the spring. But whether 
this will be better for the meadow In the long run we 
are not prepared to decide. W ill some of our readers, 
posted'in the matter, give others the benefit of their 
experience on the subject ? 
Broom Corn, Marino Brooms, &c.—I was glad to 
see the Inquiries in a late Rural about Broom Corn, 
and hope they will be answered. And could not some 
of your practical readers give some plain instructions 
In the Rural how to maWu good brooms, with a de¬ 
scription of the tools necessary? There are many 
farmers that might make their own brooms during 
the winter, if they knew how, and thereby curtail 
expense In one household item. If these questions 
can be answered satisfactorily, I think it would oblige 
many readers.— a. w. 
A Valuable Roofing Cement.— The cement ad¬ 
vertised in this paper by the American Paint and 
Roofing Co. of Almond, N. Y., we believe to be 
worthy the attention of all interested in procuring & 
cheap and durable article for covering, protecting and 
preserving roofs. We have receutly had an opportu¬ 
nity to examine this cement, and also witnessed a 
test, by fire, of ehlnglea to which it had been applied, 
and confidently commend the invention to our read¬ 
ers as at least worthy of trial. 
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The American Phrenological Journal, edited by 
Prof. B. R. Wells aud published by Fowler & 
Wells, New York, at $2 per annum, is a live, wide 
awake and progressive Institution. Its talk about 
Physiognomy, Ethnology, Phrenolgy, Physiology, 
&e., is both interesting and instructive, and its nu¬ 
merous illustrations add to the beauty aud value of 
the magazine. It Is the standard in Us sphere of 
journalism and dereevedly popular all oter the land. 
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The Agricultural Caldron and Steam Boiler, 
formerly noticed in the Rural, is now manufactured 
by Mr. D. R. Pbindle, the inventor. This boiler • 
now prominently before the public, as we learn that 
over 400 have already been sold. It Is highly spoken 
of by those having it in use. Wc can cheerfttlly rec¬ 
ommend this apparatus to be the thing long needed 
where cooking, heating, 6teamtng, etc., are required. 
See Mr. Prindle's advertisement. 
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The Monroe Co, F.uR-to be held next week, neat 
Rochester—should not be forgotten by the people oi 
this and adjoining counties. The prospett is good 
for a fine exhibition. The grounds, buildings, etc.. 
are in excellent order - the track just right for a dis¬ 
play of the style aud speed of horses, which will be a 
prominent feature. See advertisement for Programme 
of the Fair. 
Insect Destroyers. — The toad and the hat are 
quiet bat efficient workers for the fruit growers. We 
should domesticate the toad in our gardens, for he 
quietly makes way with numberless Insecte, and the 
hatpin hiseveuiug sailles, devours moths, beetles 
and all of the insect tribe that are abroad on the wing. 
Such, are his principal food. 
auburn Commercial College.— We refer youug 
men to the advertisement of this College. Mr. BROffN, 
the Principal, is author of the Lord's Prayer Picture, 
and received the first prize for all styles of pen work; 
at the World’s Fair. He stands nnequaled in thi^ 
branch of a business education. 
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Sliding Gate—N o Patent.—(G. H. B., Mich. > Tn e 
sliding gate yon refer to as illustrated in the Rural 
of Feb. od is not patented. You have a right to make 
and use ail you require. 
Ilow Much Pork from a Bushel of Corn?-I 
would like to learn of some experienced P e , re °“I. a a 
avera-'e number of pounds of pork obtained from a 
buehel of shelled corn, fed dry— Subscribes. 
RnsoM Corn -Will some of your numerous corres- 
