9 
vjx:x.TiZ?j£X i =ri:,;s:rsi=j ss=»k«sk ^ ” 0lt8 mi> »“"«• 
the turnip seed must be done bv arming, miu 
the hoeing by horse-power between the rows, and 
then good, sound roots can be grown at a cost ot 
less than fivnccnupei■ Ijushel, mil »t wryiuireb - p f ^ J „ile f-honld) to I ter suited than fillt-bloods to uueiuc&led AmAri- nit.lv. Tbe, l.U of v.rlou. ihit.tts MOb and h.ard—of 
«"«" tfll» uneitbaiiBted »■“" Mn ,” „ n J Z* „ pile to He mume. 1 , led can palate,, which cannot he expected to endnre ■«<"■*» -u. -tabta. in .1,. .pb.re, 
which ib left In tbd Inna. is taken into account. 1 + i.mr-nnl eluding Brother Juuo of the AgricnHurlu, and his aids 
BaHimoro Co, M-i, isss. ->• B. C. customs of those around me. But how to recon- bo sudden and great a change.-itoo/c Journal. ^ ^ ^ 
_*.■ Clle this trait ot character with the restless, go- - tura! Editor of the Observer; Mr. Mead, of 'theJlnrrficnl- 
SHALL "WE RAISE TOBACCO 1 ? aheadativoness which I had inherited trom my Requisites in the Preservation of Timber. iurUt, (always fearful left his country friends should be 
- ancestors, was a problem yet to be solved. We Although much has been written upon the to the way of the omnibuses I) Farmer Stetson, -of the 
Eds Rural Nk w-Yorker:—I n your paper of kept four or five cows, of course made plenty of durability 0 f ii m ber, especially upon posts, yet I Astor - ““'X »* w die vacant chair and orderly 
August 2Uh. 193, He. above ,»«t^ i.»ked button, which myhn.hnnd Ho» 8 M good ®o„gh; ^ lteM „ TWmfo , more w bc ,i S», 
aud from the tenor of the reasoning it would but I wanted to make some cheese, and so my j ]ave advocated placing tops downward, (which raontof , [hr xrtbune; and that Mr. Baxtox the Agricut- 
seem tlia< Mr. (}., offifty years, stands up for the Yankee spirit, which was ever reaching ntier ia a good plan,) others cutting during the sum- tural Rook Publisher, was out of the Union,’ or at leastin 
defence of raising tobacco. Now I am some- something it did not yet possess, began to *fec. Rut the principal point, it appears to Now Jersey I AUoof a visit, with the junior, to theiron- 
what his junior; bulil it would not be disrespect- awaken thoughts and plans of how it could be m a j a to have the post seasoned. What is favor- clad gunboats, which elephant* we taw, ami about the 
ful to his age and experience. 1 would like to ex- accomplished. We had the milk and rennet, all ab | e f or vegetation is also favorable for decay in Ruslan fleet, which wo did not nee. Moreover, of wh, t 
amine his reasoning. the ingredients necessary for the compound, bnt timber namely, air, heat and moisture. If tim- wo fiftW ftml dttrin * a somewhat hurried call at 
First-he admits he has acquired many bad how to condense them into a cheese so that it hef j B dry that is. well seasoned, and kept dry f f A " " RT ,. & 8 ^ v,ro ' ;r '’ 8 dressing machinery depot, 
habits, thereby admitting it to lie an evil. Mr. C0llld be placed on the pantry shelf, was the under cover , it will last for a long period- wo Indibon! NewHnv. n -for whlehtauer wew' 
G. says his father died at the age of eighty-two, query. I thought of my mothers linen strain- in8tance the 0 j d buildings in England, some of wc arc indebted to the Rev. Mr. evekknt, Principal, of 
and he had smoked and chewed about sixty years, erH> cheese tub, hoop basket, ladder, and the them three hundred years and upward, with the celebrated factory School nt llaindcn, who kindly 
and lie thinks him none the less pure. In tie press standing in one corner of the wood-house, Umbers quite sound. Again, if the air be ex- escorted us, in bl» carriage, to some of the most notable 
second place, it is not his object to combat the at the old homestead. All these I fancied indis- dude,], although wet, ft will also remain sound and noteworthy point* in and about the “City of Elms.” 
characteristic was thoughtfulness and sobriety, grades, or breeds cross-bred with South Down, if — - ■ - 
whose never varying creed was, “Be content not equal to it., arc a wonderful improvemen up- somk Notkboea Rechnt Trip Eastward arc crowded 
with such things as ye have.” on the slowly maturing kinds, and perhaps bet- out of thu number, aud perhaps may be deferred indefi 
SHALL WE RAISE TOBACCO? 
tritely. They tell of various things seen and heard—of 
interviews with sundry notables in tbs rural sphere, In 
eluding Brother Jumi of the Agriculturist, and bis aids, 
Prof. Thcrbak and Mr. Taiikr; Mr. CtTMMiNOS,-Agricul¬ 
tural Editor of the Observer, Mr. MjtA.Ii, of '/hr J/ortuml- 
turisl, (atway* fearful lest his country friends should bc 
in tire way of the omnibuses I) Farmer Stxtson, of the 
Astor, &c.—that we only saw the vacant chair and orderly 
desk (or desk In order) of Sol on RohInson, who so admi¬ 
rably does the Market ft-porta aud Agricultural Depart- 
nave advocated placing wps uowuwuau, k n u«u. raontof n , Tribune; and that Mr. Saxto.v, the Agricut 
is a good plan,) Others cutting duriDg the Burn- tural Book Publisher, was out Of the Union, or at least in 
mer, Ac. But the principal point, It appears to Now Jersey I Also of a visit, with the junior, to the irou- 
me, is to have the post seasoned. What is favor- clad gunboats, which elephants we taw, and about the 
able for vegetation is also favorable for decay in Rn«>Un fleet, which wo did not see. Moreover, of whit 
admits he does not wbh to combat with reform- 0( jg a j could from the recollections of my Child¬ 
ers, because their prejudices flourish by oppo- hood, I set about the work in earnest I found 
sition—seeming to choose darkness rather than 
light—for whatsoever maketh manifest is light 
With regard to the pioiits of the tobacco crop 
in a financial point of view 1 have nothing to 
say. I come now to Ills summing up. Mr. G. 
gays—“ one more view ofthe tobacco question, 
and that appeals to your patriotism. Tobacco is 
now an Important source o! public revenue, 
through the heavy taxes imposed by Govern¬ 
ment, and he wlio uses tobacco thereby siistaius 
the Government, supports the flag of our coun¬ 
try on the battlefield of rebellion, feeds and 
clothes the soldiers in arms, and gives bread to 
his famishing wife and children."' 1 would ask 
Mr. G-, of filly, to bear with what he may please 
to call my prejudices while 1 ask him if he could 
not continue lii.s patriotism a little further, and 
organize companies, regiments and brigades cf 
patriotic men to stand on every four corner* of 
the road and sell whisky ? Whisky is now an 
important source of public revenue through the 
heavy taxes imposed by Government, and he 
who uses the most whisky, thereby most sustains 
the Government, supports the flag of our coun¬ 
try on the battle-field of rebellion, feeds and 
clothes the soldiers in arms aud gives bread to 
his famishing wife and children. O, what incon¬ 
sistency. Well may we ask. what evils have not 
their defenders? 
In conclusion, Mr. G., allow me t,o state the 
question, Is it right to raise tobacco? It is 
morally right or it is morally wrong- if it is 
that thin factory cloth, a wash-tub with two 
sticks laid across the top, the clothes basket, the 
peck measure with the bottom out, would answer 
as substitutes for everything but the press; and 
for this I turned the wood-box bottom-side up, 
and placing it in the wood-house, by the side of 
two untight scantling which supported the 
frame-work of the building, uud nailing two 
narrow strips of board across them, at a proper 
distance above the box, leaving a space between 
(lie boards for the lever, which was a piece of 
tim tier two or three yards in length. This, with 
built centuries ago. 
All are aware that if a basswood tree is cut 
down and left in the woods it will be so rotten in 
a year or two that you can push a stick into it, 
but if you immediately split up the tree and lay 
it up in a fence it seasons and remains sound for 
a long time, and if put into a building it will lari 
a great number of years. If the same wood is 
put under, as in a dam or in u drain, where air 
is excluded, it will last a long time. 
The changes (i. e., decay.) can be explained 
upon chemical principles, but this I must leave 
for another occasion. 
Knowing the cause it is easy to find a cure— 
an old rusty kettle hung at the end, completed that | K) remoV e all moisture, and if possible to 
ihe Implements for cheese-making. Suffice it to 
say. I have supplied our family with cheese for 
the last four years. Should this meet the eye ol 
any one in like circumstances, I hope they may 
be benefited by the disclosure. 
A Farmer’s Wife. 
gural icrt ttoe 
Increase of Mutton Eating. 
There are circumstances which must give a 
prevailing direction, from lime to time, to every 
species of progress or culture in husbandry. In 
early days, while a luuib from the flock was 
always acceptable food, the sheep was mainly 
propagated for its wool, which furnished, with 
skins, the entire clothing of mankind. In thinly 
settled districts in modern times, especially In 
though they may he gainer* i 
Interesting Advertise stunts —Are most of those 
Riven in our present number. The new advertisements 
of manufacturers and others occupy considerable space, 
but we trust their publication will pay many readers as 
well as the advertiser*. Read them carefully, and “ make 
a note” of what you want;—and were we not crowded 
with advertisement*, we would ask yon to state, in letter* 
ordering articles, that, you saw them advertised in the 
Rural. But we are not “ riitirt" — in fact, quite tke re¬ 
verse, having nearly two columns of new advertisements 
“over,” and which we are obliged to defer until next 
week. Advertising friends will please exercise that 
manly virtue yclept patience, for we ore tiding the best 
w c can consistently with the space at our command, and 
must not infringe further upon reading departments. 
— In thi6 connection we would respectfully refer those 
writing us for low est advertising terms, etc., to the rates 
published in each number of the Rural. We have 
neither time nor inclination to answer by letter the 
numerous inquiries received on this subject. 
morally right, show up lie good qualities; truth places remote from euch markets as may exist, 
will bear the light. Tell ua who has been tbo floe wooled or Merino varieties are more 
morally benefited, so that by looking in the profitable, the espouse of carriage being light 
Gospel glass he finds he has improved by to- with wool, in comparison with ihe cost of driving 
bacco. If it is morally wrong (a fact which Mr, the attimals great distances to poor markets. 
G. admits iu his first, proposition,) lie has no Such breeds are, therefore, found prevailing in 
right to advance it, since no one has a right to our Territories, in the extreme northwest, the 
advance what he knows to be wrong. sparsely settled plains of Texas, among the 
Red Creek, N. y., 1S63. s. F. Jones. pine-wood pastures of the Atlantic and Gulf 
—--^- coast belt of sandy soils, through the mountain 
A GOOD SHEEP BREEDER.-DR. RAN- ranges of Virginia, the Carolina*, Northern 
DALL’S BOOK Georgia, Tennessee, and the bills of fcouth-east- 
_ orn Kentucky. In Vermont they prevailed, in 
Mb. Moore:—Iu the Rural oflast week, in former years, from inland position; at present 
connection with a notice of some Merino sheep from an additional advantage—the profit of fur- 
I had on exhibition at the Ontario Co. Fair, the nishing the best blood of American Merinos to 
question is asked, “ Who is this Arnold that can be found in the country (attained by a long and 
breed such sheep?'' Also, in speaking of Mr. successful course of breeding) for the tnij.rovc- 
A’s sheep it says, i; Of whom many interesting incut of fine-wooled Hocks in the several States 
things are Paid respecting the size and quality of and Territories. Fancy prices are yielding tenipt- 
his flocks.’' In briefly answering the question of ing returns, and it is not presumable, and per* 
keep it removed. Titis is easily done with the — in title connection wc would respectfully refer those I 
timbers of buildings, which is, to have the tim- writing us for lowest advertising terms, etc., to the rates 
bers well seasoned and kept dry afterward. But published in each number of the rural. Wc have 
with posts it, is somewhat more difficult; these neither time nor inclination to answer by letter the 
must be first well seasoned. With thitfvicw they numerous inquiries received on this subject. 
must, not be largo, say eight inches square, or six -•-*-- 
by eight, cut some time before using, SO as to. ^ BgfeT Timb T0 cct Timber. — This subject has 
have them quite dry. If made too small they often been di»cu&ed in !he agricultural Journals, and va- 
will the Sooner rot at the surface Of the ground, rious opinions expressed. Mr, AmbroSk Kimball, of 
When made too large they rot- somewhere in the Reading, Mass., writes to the Boston fa.r.nrder as follows: 
upper part of the post. The plan of reversing —“A short time since I saw a statement on this subject 
posts after they have stood a year or two is very »“ “ newspaper. I wish to gbc my own experience and 
good, especially if put into the ground before ‘»bscrvatii> n for ovtr >«“•» constantly working and 
^ . ,, „ a. ufting most ail kindis of timber* more specially ow,»h 
seasoning, as they very soon commence to decay ttu / walnuL , liim . lcarnM b , d ,, u . cncc, for . 
tit the SUrtace Ol tbo ground. T he main thing in ], AVC j og ^ m uch by the effects of worms in my timber and 
preserving limber is to keep ill mind whnt 1 have |, avt , f oun q when timber may be cut and have no worms, 
above stated, namely, that air, heat and moisture or powderpost, as it is called. Cat timber from the mid 
are favorable to its decay. — OrSERVBR, in Counr die of September to the middle of December, and you 
try Oentteman. cannot get a worm into it. October and November are 
_ perhaps the best months, and sure to avoid the worms.” 
uwwiav* **■ -n 1 . . . p i • I/ll ] al laUt/lCi tVUVl M4VCI 
your correspondent, “ Ontario,” allow me, if you haps not desirable, that such breeders as Ktlwni ^ ^ kind8 . tben j r you 
please, to state some facts that may be of general Hammond, John T. Lich, M. W tight. ln>r 0 th er people think 
interest to your readers. 
The “Sheep Breeder” referred to above is Mr. 
Alex. Arnold, of Avoca, Steuben Co., N. V., a 
gentleman of wealth, intelligence aud large ex¬ 
perience in the breeding of Merino sheep. Many 
place him at the head of the list. Elis flocks 
number something over five hundred, most of 
which are “ pure tired.” I learn that some years 
above stated, namely, that air, heat and moisture 
are favorable to its decay.— Opservbr, in Coun¬ 
try Oentteman. 
Advice Gratis to the Slow-Coach Family. 
Don't take a newspaper; don't read one of 
any kind. If you hear persons discussing this or 
that great battle, ask stupidly what it all nipans. 
Emulate Rip Van Winkle; steep your senses in 
moral and mental oblivion, and pay no attention 
to what is passing about you; in this way you 
may save two or three dollars—the price of a 
paper—and lose $500 or $5,000 by not being in¬ 
formed about markets, supply and demand, and 
a thousand other things as essential to an enter¬ 
prising man as light and air. If you have chil¬ 
dren don’t take any paper for them; tell them 
dbook laruiu' ain’t no ’count.” Letthem tumble 
in the highway unwashed, uncombed, and in 
rags aud tatters, if they don’t graduate in the 
State Frison it will be through no fault of yours. 
If you area fanner, plow, sow and reap as your 
stupid old father did before you; scoff at agricul¬ 
tural papers, and sneer and deride at progress 
of all kinds; tben if you do not succeed in mak¬ 
ing other people think that they are all wrong. 
H,nr, ,.a„o a»<lother,, .boutd he wilting ,p,ed- „ mU5t be " Ha. 
ilv to desist from their useful and profitable <-d. _^.,.,. 
ily to desist from their useful and profitable <-it. 
terpriges with this valuable breed; but the coun¬ 
try is becoming more densely populated, and 
the taste for good mutton is growing upon the 
public. In ten years the increase of population 
has been thirty-five per cent: in the same time 
the value of slaughtered animals has increased 
since he purchased the entire flock that Mr. Cal- from $111,703,112 to 8212,871,653—ft gain of mne- 
yin Ward, of Ontario Co., bought of M r. R. San- ly per cent., a heavy proportion of the increase 
ford, of Vermont, at what was then considered beiug in mutton. Hence, a growing populaiity 
ruinously high prices. This flock, together with of mutton breeds has naturally given them the 
large and judicious selections from the (test preference in Massachusets and southern portions 
flocks in Vermont, constitute, 1 believe, the ,.°f New England, with a strong tendency in that 
foundation of his success; and that he has been direction in the Middle States and the more pop- 
successful in his “crosses” will be evident to all ulous portions of the West, In fact, wherever 
who examine his’sheep. The whole secret o railroads are numerous, the same result may he 
his success, given iu a nut-shell. I think to be the confidently expected. 
same as the man who gave as the reason of his It is a curious fact, illustrative ol the wonder- 
large crops—that, he manured bis land with ful increase in mutton eating, that at the famous 
brains. It may seem invidious to speak in this Brighton market, in the neighborhood ot Boston. 
yin Warp, of Ontario Co., boughtof Mr. It. Fan- 
ford, of Vermont, at what was then considered 
ruinously high prices. This flock, together wifh 
large aud judicious selections from the Gest 
flocks in Vermont, constitute, 1 believe, the 
foundation of his success; and that he has been 
successful in his “crosses” will be evident to all 
who examine his ’sheep. The whole secret o 
his success, given in a nut-shell. I think to be the 
same as the matt who gave as the reason of his 
large crops—that he manured his land with 
brains. It may seem invidious to speak in this 
manner of Mr. Arnold, but I think his success 
justifies it, and I am sure that any one who may 
visit his flocks will feel amply redaid for their 
time and trouble. 
I take this opportunity to acknowledge the re- 
eeipt of, and thank you for. my copy of the 
“ Practical Shepherd.' It is.absorbing in interest, 
and will honor Dr. Randall, and do nuiyh credit 
to yourself as “ book-maker.” It certainly is the 
great desideratum of the wool-grower. 
H. M. Boardman. 
Rushville, Ontario Co., N. "I•, Oct. -8,1863. 
HOW I MADE CHEESE. 
Eds. Rural New-Yorker:—A fow useful 
hints on cheese-making may not be entirely out 
the world is curiously awTyand needs reforming 
badly. The sooner you undertake it the better. 
By not reading papers you will succeed, if a 
farmer, in having the finest crop of knotty, wormy 
apples that can be found; potatoes that would 
take the prize at any fair for rot; cabbages that 
are all leaves aud no head; turnips destroyed in 
the shoot by worms; hay mouldy and musty, 
because you despised barometers and cut it just 
as the mercury was falling; corn half a crop, 
because you exhausted the land with it for years 
and starved Nature to such a pitch that she had 
nothing to yield in return: all these calamities 
and many more will befall you because you don’t 
keep pace with the times. You call it “hard 
luck,” but men of common sense call your course 
by a name you never heard of—stupidity; that’s 
more “ book larnin.' 
A man that does not take a paper of some 
kind or another in this time of the world must 
A Fraud F-xtosicd.— Mr. A. A. Alveksok, of Totnp- 
Uins, Midi., write* to the Rural as follows:—“One J R. 
Clark, of Dayton, Me., is aemliut; circulars all through 
the country, describing a new sewing machine, called 
the'Union Ten Dollar Sewing Machine,’which proves 
to bn a fraud upon community, as I can verify. The 
machine* were to do sewing w ith a common needle. 1 
sent for six of them, got them at a cost of $33, and not 
one of them can be made to sew a stitch. Nor were they 
over intended for anything but a fraud to gull people out 
of their money, and as mine Is gone I enti t do any better 
than to expose the fraud, thereby, perhaps, saving others 
from falling into the tame snare.” 
Down on thk “ Doi:gs.”— A correspondent writing us 
from Jackson Co,, Mich., says:—“ While I am writing I 
will improve the opportunity to beseech you to preach to 
the people through the RyralWo Itrep more sheep and 
fewer dog* I hope you will ' keep it Irforc the people 
that whilst sheep are profitable dogs are a nuisance. I 
tell you, Mr. Editor, let any man see such a looking lot of 
sheep as 1 have seen within the past week, and he would 
hate the whole race of dogs Some of them lay dead or 
unable to stir, others limping around on three legs, and 
others still with pieces of skin hanging loose by their 
sides. The owner said ‘d—am the dogs,’ aud your corres¬ 
pondent said Amen.” 
NEW Boors, &o—We are in receipt of quite a number 
of new books—including several practical work*—which 
shall receive early attention. Among other works which 
pressing engagements have precluded us from examining 
and noticing, are Yol VI. of the American Herd Book, 
(a beautiful octavo volume of 471 pages,) by Hon. Lewis 
F. Allen, and the Report of the Commissioner of Agri¬ 
culture—an apparent improvement, in contents at least, 
upon the reports heretofore issued from the Agricultural 
Department qj" the Patent Office. We shall dip into these 
and otlier works anon, and report progress. 
. - . f. *-»*_ - A • * lt rtA i _ _ Klim ur tuiuiuci tu ujiq vixXiv* w* */«*-■ »»%***%* Mtum 
on the day before Christmas* in 1839, (wo men lf * * Q _- 
U l , J t . . .. r , i(V , , exnect to be a prey to all sorts of swindlers, a 
heltl the entire stoua. cousis nig u on y f an j cdm to management, and out of spirits, out 
yet that monopoly at such a time could not raise temper , money, credit; in short, eveiy- 
the sluggish market more than half a cent per P un ' ertll0 8un ;Lat lendg to make life bear- 
pound. In In i. . in t e same mat *e t, cm te t ay ^ ^ new8 p ai , e r is the great educator of the 
before. Christmas, o ,400 sheep were sold. le after all; so let ns then exclaim “ The Press 
Nor is this very strange. It was common, and P cu e „ x > 
is yet, in remote Merino districts, for people to J orever - _ 
indicate an unconquerable aversion to mutton 
It is, indeed, the poorest meai in the world; it is To Make Cider \ inegar. Almost every 
also the best. A poor, thin, lean sheep, of the family in the con: try have the material for 
native and Merino breeds—an animal that had manufacturing pure cider vinegar, if they will 
outlived its many years of usefulness as a wool- only use them. Conmon dried apples, with a 
bearer-was sometimes cut down by the relent- little molasses and brown paper, are all you 
less knife as a cumbererof the pasture ground, need to make the test kind ol cider vinegar, 
and consigned to the pot in the vain aud hope- Soak your apples aii'v hours v, ashing and rub¬ 
less effort of macerating its toughened fillers suf- bingthem occasionally, then taka them out ol 
, Y ..r : r . * "7“ the New Yoek C0A<m-MAKER’B monthly Magazine 
luck.” but men of common sense call your course ., .. , . 
iu , , , —is an “ Illustrated, Original uud Fiactical Journal, devo- 
by a name you never heard of—stupidity; that s ted to the 8ocial aud MeC banicai interests or the 
more “ book larnin. Craft.” It is handsomely gotten up, ably conducted, and 
A man that does not take a paper Of some should be weU supported by the large class whose welfare 
kind or another in this time of the world must * c(>k = t0 P~mote. Edited and published by E M. 
expect to be a prey to all sorts of swindlers, a STHATT0 ^ 82 Fourteenth St., New York, at $4 per 
’■'‘I , 1 A . . , annum, with a liberal discount to clubs. The “craft” 
victim to bad nianagame n., an . ou o . pin s, ou gee to , t yi r Statton’s laudable enterprise is 
of pocket, temper, money, credit; in short, every- wcU 8UsUinea , 
thing under the buu that tends to make life hear- --- 
able. The newspaper is the great educator ot the “Inkobmatiow wanted.” — Allow me to ask “Puri, 
people after all; so let us then exclaim “ The Press Ua u trough the Rckal, if a man is necessarily fast be- 
forever cause he owns a fast horsey or because he likes to see two 
__ horses trot fast ? If he is, is not the other man gross and 
JAiUlC V/AA VUUUUI UAUixiug — - ---- v --V. w --C? ‘ .. Jl •» 
of place at this season. Having for my birth- ficiently to make its mastication a physical pos- the water andlhorougblyatramthelatterthrough 
, ic. ~u A w ctaL, amt lnkfiritlnff clv,title Ataa t Lao- monv k.pa cuftkrAit Tn Ruch a tight woven cloth put it tuto a jug, add half 
place the good old Bay State, and inheriting, sibility. Alas! how many have suffered in such a tight woven cloth—put it into a jug, aaa nan 
ag a matter of course, a good degree of Yan- futile undertaking, and learned to loathe the very apint of molasses to a gallon ot liquor, and a 
kee-“ism’' from my Pilgrim Fathers, I have uameof mutton, and to abominate its very Binell. piece of common brown paper, and set in the 
often found this pec uliarity very useful in fitting On the contrary, not the aromatic flavors of ven- sun or by the fire, and in a lew days your vine- 
me for the emergencies of my’eventful life. I Ison, the gamy richnessof wild fowl, or thesweet gar will be fit for us*-. Have two jugs, and use 
left the bleak shores of Now England In early juiciness of a Durham sirloin, can surpass the out of one while the other is working. No 
life, and passing through various changing combined virtues of South Down marrow-and- family need to be destitute of good vinegar who 
B cenes, found myself at last in Western Pennsyl- fatness. It is sweeter to the palate, digestible will follow the above directions.— Exchange. 
a pint of molasses to a gallon of liquor, and a 
piece of common brown paper, and set in the 
sun or by the fire, and in a few days your vine¬ 
gar will be fit for us*-. Have two jugs, and use 
fat, because he owns a gross, fat pig, oxorsheep? Again, 
is there anything more wicked or wrong in testing and 
comparing the speed of horses at Fairs, Utau in testing 
their strength by attaching them to enormous loads t 1 
do know Fairs where there has been no horse race, tech 
ideally, and n here farmers controlled and managed them, 
who hud no reputation lor being “fast,” nor “horse 
jockeys.”— Anti-Pcrit an. 
» 
How one Fair was “Run.”— Your correspondent 
“ Puritan ” asks information of any Fairs carried on or 
euded without a horse race, or any of said Fairs that have 
not been run by fast men, horse jockeys and landlords. 
I caunot say how it may have been as to the horse race, 
bnt I have the happiness to inform him that, i'roin ray- 
own personal observation, the Fair of the Monroe Co. Ag¬ 
ricultural Society was not, tire present year, run by fast 
men, horse jockey e, landlords, or any body eke — Observ¬ 
er, Greece, N. Y., Nooi., 1863. 
THE PRACTICAL SHEPHERD. J 
— 
It will be gratifying to the large number of our readers / 
interested in the improvement of Sheep Husbandry, to i 
learn that The Practical Shepherd, though fir-t published 
less than a month ago, has already reached its fifth edition. jj 
The demand for the work is so far beyond previous expec¬ 
tations, and our present facilities for manufacturing, that 
w e find it impossible to fill orders promptly. With orders 
for nearly 2,000 copies over the present supply, we shall 
be unable to respond to the call* of agents with prompt¬ 
ness for some weeks, yet shall eeud at the earliest possible 
moment In each case—our rule being to fill large orders 
in the order of reception. While doing our Utmost, we 
must a-k the forbearance of ea:n arsing agenta for a delay 
w hich cannot be obviated, 
— The book is cordially welcomed by leading journals 
and prominent individual?. Wo subjoin extracts from 
several reviews and letters: 
From the Maine Farmer. 
Nrw Wore on Sbekp Hcbbangry.— * * * The 
need of some practical aud complete work on the subject 
ha* long been li lt, nr.d we believe that this wani has been 
fully met by tbo publication of this treatise Ftom the 
1 1 arty inuunliiatiou we have been able to give, we should' 
consider tt as embodying all that is tiecOr-ary to be 
known ou the sutjt ot, and the name of the author, Hon. 
H S Rxj/tu'.L. ol New York, wtia is known os a well in¬ 
formed writer on stock-growing, is a guarantee of its 
complotene-s anil reliability. Wo shall undoubtedly fre- 
quetit'y have occvimi to refer to its page- It embraces 
the history and introduc’d<•» of breeds in America; the 
adap’atiou of breed* to bide rent situations, princip'es and 
practice of breeding; matingcm' nt during the different 
st-as,n,s; prairie shc-p liUKOaiiGry; anatomy and diseases 
of ihe cheep, hrt cf iiiedlcjt'fs; tlmdwgin’ili connection 
with sheep, Hoc. The book contains over four hundred 
and fifty pages, is illustrated with appropriate descriptive 
engravings, and is printed and bound In good sty 1c. 
From Ike Country Gentleman. 
The Praotioal Siik riiRfio—This work, which ha* been 
for some tune announced, is out, and we are indebted to 
the autlmr and publisher tor early copies. In bulk, it 
exceed* the first calculation*' of the writer-extending to 
454 closely prinied page* But (lie ground Covered is 
Urge,—the plan of the work, however, being comprehen¬ 
sive mainly In tbo direction of American experience in 
Sheep Management, and not swollen, as I* too often the 
case, with « compilation of “the general history mid de¬ 
scription of oil the breed*,” abroad a* well us a* borne. 
Iti order to place the prew-nt position of Fine Wooled 
breed*, in this country, fairly heforo tbo reader, a cer¬ 
tain amount of space »a* necessary to trace the sources 
from which they have been derived, and show liow they 
have grown to he what they are—bow it is that, for the 
production of heavy fleeces, the flocks of some of the best 
breeder* iu the Umted Stab * arc probably unsurpassed, 
if fully equaled, in any other country. Tbit* part of the 
book wc have nut yet read with minute attention, but it 
lUiv fairly be presumed from the antle r'e long and extend¬ 
ed researches oo ihCSUhject, that !.U statement* wilt bear 
the most critical examination. » * ♦ In tl « chapters 
on “ thu principle* and practice of breeding,” the author 
shows hill!-elf well read in tne work* of leading writers, 
and exprexse- views which coincide in them rin njihthote 
we have always held aud sometime* tnul orca'ton tudefine 
in ti c-e cdoiuni * * * ytx a whole, this book is un- 
(/uestimably i/t advarxr of anything if the kind nmo before 
the public. 
From, the New York Tribune 
Tub Practical Sin rn*Mi.—The author is so well 
known that we need not nay anything by way of Introduc¬ 
tion tils capability of writing a useful book upnu sheep 
husbandry l« evlm-vd by rite tact of hi* timing made it 
the study and O'actic® of his Hie, and this is the third 
volume wtueti he has prepared for the purpose of milking 
known to (ithci* all that he knows upon a branch of 
American tanning Ju«t now one of the most important of 
ad other*. It) this volume the author ha* exhausted the 
subject, and gt»cu all that it i* ueiwHsary for nny farmer 
to kiiun about selecting, breeding, and general manage¬ 
ment of sheep, in health or sickness. We heartily com¬ 
mend this work to all w ho wish fur a sound aud thorough 
treatise on sheep husbandry. 
Front the Prairie Farmer. 
Tin: Practical SHEimtiui.—■* * * The country 
ha* long felt lire need of some more complete and prac¬ 
tical treatise on the rearing and management of sheep 
than war to he obtained, finch works i< have been pub¬ 
lished heretofore have met will, a very extended sale. 
1 The want* in tht* respect has been met ly Hon If S. 
I Han HALL in this work Mr. Randall is just the man to 
j do it. a* hi' experience for many years as a practical 
shepherd, and hi* operations both at home and abroad 
make blip the tertinforn ed man in Arnerica tor the task. 
I That he I: t,done it well we believe, front a hasty glance 
t through its page: Tne book embrace- the hi-tory and 
introduction of breeds In America; the adaptation of 
’’ breeds to different situations; prlonp'o* and practice of 
t breeding, management during tbe ditloreutsoaj-ona; prai- 
r rie sheep husbandry; anatomy aui d>o.-i»cs of the sheep; 
li-t of medicines, the dog m'lt* connection with sheep, 
' ■ The illnstratiuuM of si,cep arc by the brrt aitiats of 
New York, and well done. The letter press and paper 
are oil that could be desired in a work of this de¬ 
scription. It will undoubtedly meet with the large sale 
s its merits demand. Sent by mall post paid by address¬ 
ing the publisher. 
j From the Utica Morning Herald. 
j '■ - There tni no man iu the country so compe¬ 
tent to accomplish rill* ditheult talk a* Mr. Randall. 
He had already produced for us some valuable treatises ou 
I sheep husbandry aud wool grow ing, and theve, together 
c with hi# learning, experience and facilities for collecting 
the necessary material, pointed him out as the fittest man 
l to undertake the more complete and important work in 
r question lit looking it over »e find evidence on every 
I page of the great service be ha* rendered m the wool- 
giowing population and the country. Yet not Mr Ran- 
r call atone; lor it is to the foresight ami energy of Air. 
I- Moure, the publisher, that the public are originally in¬ 
debted for their hand-book, and to him belong* the credit 
of its mechanical excellence *ml haudsotnc looks. Its 
sales are already very large, and it is likely to run through 
several editlous bytore it has lived a year, which shows 
r that the public is «*ti mating it rightly Few of the farm- 
a iug population can afl'otd to lie without it. 
Proem the WW Grower and Manufacturer. 
? Thk FkactiOal Shyepkru.—W e have received a beau- 
: tiful copy of this new work of H 6. Randall, on Sheep 
Husbatuiry, from the publisher, D. D T Moore of Roch- 
, ester The hook U got up in a very creditable -ty le, finely 
i- illustrated and clearly printed on good paper, and Iiand- 
someiy bound and ornamented, Tne typographical exe- 
, cucum wilt attract the very favorable alteiithm of sheep 
1 raisers, while the reputation of the author will guarantee 
e the excellent arrangement and conspicurtusnebs of the 
subjects treated of. The introduction is a model of mod- 
estv, candor and good sense It is really refreshing to 
open a book written with sneh simplicity and evident de¬ 
sire of staling the truth R<> far a* known, and that too by 
E a man whuse long life has been spent iu gaming knowl- 
>- edge of this subject, Mr Randall does uot profess to 
e have exhausted the subject Indeed the reader will be 
surprised at it* coptou'iiess aa opened out by this master 
“ hand Many very forcible suggestion" will occur to intel- 
■e ligent readers and we may hope that the science ef Sheep 
; Husbandry will receive a poweriul impulse from this ad¬ 
dition to its literature, 
ir 
i; From A. JB. Alton, fotvur Editor American Agriculturist. 
k It strikes me as much the t est work yet published for 
the American breeder; and it is unquestionably thorough, 
honest and impartial. Moreover, it is well gut up, and a 
credit to the publishers, especially in its cuts Some of 
the figures are a little stiff, but on' the whole tt strikes me 
1 as being more truthfully illustrated than British works of 
j- ttie same class, which is no light praise to Our tyro artists. 
0 From lion. A. B. Conger, F.jc Presidcnl N Y State 
& Agricultural Society. 
b i acknowledge with grateful appreciation your kindness 
d in the transmission of a copy ot The Practical Shepherd. 
- - you have great rea-on to be proud of your first 
^ es*av iu b'.oU-aiakiog, and with so nobiea venture, if yon 
1 have the good fortune in the future to freight with so rich 
j a cargo, your commerce with the Agricultural W orld w ill 
be not only of tbe greatest benefit aud credit to yourself, 
' but of invaluable blessiug to it. 
>e 
From C- L Flint. Sec y Mats. Board of Agriculture 
I am happy to acknowledge the receipt of The practical 
Shepherd, a beautiful book, I have devoted all my leisure 
f moments to a perusal of the work, and congratulate 
“ au tiior and publisher on what appears to me to be a cotu- 
>r piete success. May ft have a large aud satisfactory tale, 
•e and be appreciated'as it deserves. 
s - From the lion. T. C. Peters , former Editor rf The 
e, Wool Grower. 
iy The hook is all that any one could ask on the subject. 
,. it is tbe best of its kind, and superior hr tbe heretofore 
’ standard—You att You have lolly vindicated jour fas- 
5t tidious taste iu the style the volume Is issued I congrat 
ulate both author and publisher, and hope you will 
achieve all tbe success you so well deserve. 
