gross assembled; that from and after the passage of 
this act, in lieu of lie duties now imposed by law. on 
the articles mcntioi ed and embraced in this section, 
there shall be levi d, collected, nDd paid, on all un¬ 
manufactured wool, liair of the alpaca goat and other 
like animal* import'd from foreign countries, the du¬ 
ties boreinafli'r provided. All wools, hair of the 
alpaca goat, and oiler like animals, as aforesaid, shall 
be divided for the m.rpoae of fixing the duties to be 
charged thereon, loo three classes, to wit: that is to 
say, merino, roc-stii, met a, or mctlo wools, or other 
wool- of merino tjoQfl, immediate or remote: down 
clothing wool- anj wools of like character with any 
of the preceding, ii lading such as have been hereto¬ 
fore usually import*! iuto the United Stated from Bue¬ 
nos Ayre*. New Zealand, Cape of Good Hope, Russia, 
Great Britain. Caulla and elsewhere, and also incltad- 
ingali wool snot bavi natter described or designated in 
two or three clan combing wool*-that 1* to say, 
Leicester, Cots weld, Lincolnshire, down combing 
wools, Canada lot wools, and other like combing 
wools of,English blood, and usually known by the 
terms herein usednnd ulso all hairot the alpaca /oat, 
and other like animals. 
Class 8.—Carpel wools and other similar wools, 
such a* Donsk>‘i,fcatlve Booth American, Cordova, 
Valparaiso, untie! Smyrna, and including all such 
wools of like c.'utictor a? have been heretofore turn 
ally imported into the United from Tnrkey, Greece, 
Egypt, Syria and 4*nwlior«, for the purpose of carry¬ 
ing into effect tb| e.lassitication herein provided, a 
sufficient numbe rfcf distinctive samples of the vari¬ 
ous kinds of wotl or hair embraced in each of the 
three classes abeye named, selected, and prepared 
under the direction of the Secretary of the Treasury, 
and duly verified by him. The standard rumples 
being retained in. the Treasury depart meat shall be 
deposited in the Custom-hour'" 1 aoa elsewhere, as he 
may direct, which samples shall be used by the proper 
officers of the Customs to determine the class above 
specified, to wliitth all imported wooie belong, and 
upon wool* of ttit first class, the value whereof at the 
last port or plaCc whence exported to the United 
States, excluding charges in such port shall bn 
thirty-two cents or less per pound, the duty shall 
be ten cents p»r pound, and In addition thereto 
eleven per centum act valorem. Upon wools of the 
same class, the value wherof at the last port or place 
whence exported to tbo United State*, excluding 
pound, the duty ahull be twelve coots per pound, and 
in addition thereto ten per ednt. ad valorem. Upon 
wools of the second class, and upon all hair of the al¬ 
paca* gout and other like animals, the value where¬ 
of nt, the last port or place whence exported to the 
United State”, excluding charges In sucb port, shall 
be thirty two cents or less per pound, the duty shall 
be ten cents per pound, and in addition thereto’eleven 
per centum act valorem. Upon wools of the same 
class, Uit! value whereof, at the last port or place 
whence exported to Uie United States, excluding 
charges In each ports, shall exceed thirty-two cents 
per pound, the duty shall be twelve cents per pound, 
and in addition thereto pm pel'centum uU valorem. 
Upon wools of the third class, the Talue were of at 
the Just port or place whence exported into the United 
States, excluding charges in such port, shall be twelve 
cents or Iohb per pound, the duty shall be three cents 
per pound; npon wools of the eauie class, the value 
whereof at the last port or place whence exported to 
the United States. excluding charges for such ports, 
shall exceed twelve cents pound, the duty shall bo 
six cents per pound; provided that uny wool of the 
sheep or liair of the alpaca goat and other like ani¬ 
mals, which shall he imported lu any other than the 
ordinary condition, as now and heretofore practiced, 
or which shall be changed In its character or condi¬ 
tion for the purpose ui evading the duty, or which 
shall be reducediu value by Lite admixture ofdirt or any 
other foreign substance, shall be subject to twice the 
amount of duty to which it would otherwise be sub¬ 
jected, anything in this act to the contrary notwith¬ 
standing; provided further, that When wool of dif¬ 
ferent qualities is imported In the same bulc, bug or 
package, it shall be appraised by the appraiser, to 
determine the ratio of duty to which it shall be sub¬ 
jected at tbc average aggregate value of tbo contents 
of the bale, bag or package, and when bales of differ¬ 
ent qualities are embraced In the runic, invoiced at 
the same price whereby the average price sbui) be re¬ 
duced more than ten per centum below the value of 
the bale of the best quality, the value o! the whole 
shall be appraised according to the value of the bale 
o.,. i.„»v v 4 sal tty, and uo Dale, bag or package shall 
be liable to a lew! rate of duty in consequence of be¬ 
ing invoiced with wool of lower value, and provided 
further t hat the duly upon wool of the tlrsbolusv- which 
shall he imported washed, shall be twice the amount 
of duly to which it would be subjected U imported 
unwashed, and that the duty upon wool of all classes 
which shall be imported scoured shall be three times 
the amount of thu duty to which U would be subject¬ 
ed if imported unwashed; on sheepskins uod Angora 
goatskins, raw or unmanufactured, Imported with the 
wool ou washed or unwashed, the duty shall be 3b per 
cent, ad valorem, und on woolen rags, shoddy, mango, 
waste and flocks the duty shall be 12c. per pound. 
With the same lack of judgment and the same -ttnrwl iYof wc wivtf 
storm they would have frozen anywhere —in fftCfl 
yonr State as well, if yon had as large fields as -—- 
we have here. Their team was oxen. Wheat and Chess— The Transmutation 
Talk of cattle, freezing to death! Farmers get ^ the '°Ilow 
.. . * , , , 6 . ; ment in the Rural: 
ont here and see so great a chance for stock rats- i , „„ A . . 
. . . e „ ... . I Wheat nnd chess sometimes become so < 
Ing they get too greedy. Many of them invest and united as to lead people to suppose 
their all in cattle and have nothing left to hire v A 11 T poi j f- M .° 
. Gkoiwjk Wright, Esq., of Irondequoit. bt 
with. Consequently their work all drags behind, ns a head or wheat having on one s.id< 
F rost spoils the hay before they get half enough [£f^ r f^'cTn thf'whm'ktS’'and 
cut, and stable building is not commenced until bad tbo appearance of having grown there, 
long after they should be all completed. Thank 
yon, Mr. Editor, for reminding me that I am 
getting beyond woman'6 depth. But I like to 
sec comfort and economy in one place as well as 
another. I can detect a kind of beauty among 
horns and hoofs as quick as among bonnet 6ilks 
and high-hcclcd gaiters. And I love to see good 
breeding at the stable as well as in the parlor. 
When I go ont to pet and m3ke friends with my 
cows I don’t want to find them massing over 
whitish reed-like sticks, which look more like 
stove kindlings than ] ike thehay in father’s mead¬ 
ow, around the small cocks of which I used to 
play by the hour at hide and seek with my young 
mates. By the way, there is nothing that brings 
up the days of childhood in all their brightness 
so quickly as will the scent of new-mown hay. 
Then, too, it is not very good as a relish for 
stock to keep gome half a dozen calves in the 
stack-yard, romping on the hay that is to furnish 
their next meal. No wondor Minnesota cattle 
starve to death — freeze I mean; it amounts to 
one and the same thing. 
Well, Mr. Editor, I suppose if I don’t hush up 
soon you will think that Farmer Garrulous has a 
daughter out West Then, too, my other half, 
who sits on the opposite side of the cook-stove 
fixing tools for next summer's work, says that 
there is a hole in the thumb of his mitten that 
ought to be fixed to-night. But first let mo say 
I most have the Rural, I have not scon one 
since I left my father’s—three months since— 
where you would always find the latest paper on 
the shelf with the Bible. I want it for help in 
my Domestic Economy and for company. “ Shall 
auld acquaintance be forgot?” Nay! Then 
send me a specimen paper and I will try and 
raise a. small clnb, Farmer's Wife. 
Will “Farmer’s Wife” send U3 her address— 
the note containing it, sent with above, having 
been mislaid ? 
over with lambs’ heads, like a Christmas ham with 
cloves, while a wild Texas “Norther” was bowling 
away above,— but it would be somewhat better than 
funny thus to save the lives of a few scores of lambs 
annually in compensation for so very small an outlay 
of labor, energy anil (as it would be pronounced if 
euccestful) common sense. 
But our theoretical rost-, it must be confessed, has 
it* thorn | After so early a separation, continued 
through a number of hours, a portion of the dams, 
especially the young ones, would not be likely to look 
up, and some would positively disown, their lambs If 
fetched to them; and if the eases were numerous, no 
shepherd could Identify the dam of each lamb where 
be had separated them rapidly, perhaps at night, 
in the confusion of a storm. It might, indeed, be dif¬ 
ficult in a large flock to pick out the ewee which had 
thus yenned if the bloody traces were not visible and 
they had ceased to bleat fortheir lambs.* But experl 
cnccdand good mother* would at Interval* rail for, anti 
on being driven close by a group of unclaimed lambs, 
would eagerly search for and promptly recognize their 
offspring. Thus a considerable portion would, at 
worst, bo saved; and every newly lambed ewe which 
could be discovered and which did not recognize her 
lamb might be compelled to adopt one. But enough, 
and perhaps more than enough, od tbi* subject. 
CONST! CATION—PURGING. 
Lambs, especially those fed cow's milk, are subject 
to constipation nnd diarrhoea, the former of which 
frequently, and the latter sometimes, proves fatal. 
Farrow cow’s milk, or even that of a cow which has 
calved three or four months previously, is much more 
likely than new-mllch cows to produce these results. 
Constipation or costiveness Is far more common than 
diarrhica.orasit is usually termed, purging. We have 
seen that but four of our correspondents habitually 
add anything of a cathartic character to ratio milk— 
probably all of them would do so if compelled to feed 
old milk. There are visible signs of costiveness, 
apart from the stools or waut of stools, which direct 
attention to the malady. The lamb becomes dull, 
drooping, disinclined to move about, and lies down 
much of the time. Its belly or sides usually appear a 
little more distended than usual. It becomes torpid- 
sleeps most of the time—and if not relieved speedily 
dies. The symptoms of dtarrhma need no description. 
For costivenes* in fed lambs Baker give* a little 
brown sugar; ItrowN, a little more molasses than 
common—in extreme cases, boncsct tea and an injec¬ 
tion of warm water, mlJk and molasses: E. O. Clatc, 
cow’s first milk or a well beaten hen's egg; A. II. 
Clapp, an egg—has sometimes given three whole eggs 
to a lamb In forty-eight hours — sometimes gives half 
a teaspoonful of lard; Ku-manp, molasses, and if 
that Is not sufficient a moderate dose of castor oil— 
dislikes to give medicine If It can bo avoided, as lead¬ 
ing to a loss of appetite; Gregorv, molasses and 
milk with a little suet; Hammond, an injection of 
two or throe ounces of tnolasBos nnd milk, and repeats 
if neceesary ; and, as It often happens, if there is an 
accompanying retention or stoppage of urine, admin¬ 
isters three taklespoonfuls of strong pumpkin seed 
tea. As be also puts a particular case, where few have 
bad experience, we give it entire. He says when a 
lamb is takeD from its dam and is put on and allowed 
to suck at wifi a foster mother which has just lambed 
and baa au abundant flow of milk, purging or costive- 
ness frequently ensues, the latter accompanied with 
urinary retention; that this pro*"ot* » difficult case; 
that the syringe should be employed, and if the diffi¬ 
culty is not thereby removed, two tablespoonfhls of 
castor oil should be administered to a lamb three 
weeks old, the belly be wet as often as it dries witli a 
strong solution of salt and water, and the lamb kept 
warm, but allowed to exercise at will; that an hour 
after giving the oil four or five tablespoonfUls of 
strong pumpkin seed tea should be administered and 
repeated after a proper interval if found necessary; 
that after the medicine has operated a little boncsct 
tea tnay be given to stimulate the appetite; that at 
this stage the lamb must be allowed to take only a 
small quantity of milk, but take it ratbur often from 
a nearly empty udder; that the ewe should be kept 
the Illness of the lamb; 
Baxton, if any milk is obtained from the dam, two 
or three epoonfufis twice a day to a young lamb, in¬ 
creasing the amount as it grow* older; Wiloox, five 
to eight times a day for first two or three days, after¬ 
wards four times after first day or two, allows it to 
take all it want*; Wright, at first at intervals of one 
to two hours, the quantity depending on strength of 
lamb—considers “ feeding cow's milk a delicate point, 
nnd that judgment must be used.” 
Our own views, on all the preceding heads of this 
chapter, are given in the Practical Shepherd, pp. 
146-148, 
HOW SOON THE LAMB SHOULD RECEIVE MILK- 
FEEBLE LAMBS. 
All our correspondents concur that it is best fora 
lamb to receive food as soon after birth as the appe¬ 
tite demands it, though, as some of them state, a 
strong lamb can go several hours without St in mild 
weather, A feeble lamb, or one rendered dull and 
Btnpid by cold, may have to be fed before it manifests 
any desire to suck. The treatment recommended in 
case of a lamb too feeble to help itself, or of the ewe 
and lainh in case the udder does not immediately 
yield milk, does not differ in any essential particular 
from the directions contained in the Practical Shep¬ 
herd. If a feeble lamb Is dropped In cold, or even 
chilly weather, Its./irsf need Is warmth, and to secure 
this it must be dry. If not too feeble and the ewe 
licks it rapidly it may be left to become dry In this 
way; otherwise, it should at once be wrapped In a 
blanket, and if the blanket is heated, as hereinafter 
described, it will be vastly more effectual. Drying 
and warming should precede feeding. 
CHILLED LAMBS. 
All our correspondents but three employ the modes 
for restoring chilled lambs mentioned in the last 
named book, viz., the warm bat h, the heated oven, or 
fire, together with friction, rubbing the. lamb entirely 
dry, wrapping it in woolen blankets, nnd, when suffi¬ 
ciently restored, feeding it with milk. Most agree 
that the milk shonld be mixed with from half to ft full 
teaspoonfu! of spirits, tn proportion to the size, 
strength and apparent necessity of the case. In the 
place of spirits, however, a few substitute red or black 
pepper; and E. O. Clait sometimes gives an egg 
boat up, with a few drops of camphor; a large major 
ity use the Imth. ana generally heat the water as hot 
as it can be borne by the hand: Baker says, “tlje. 
water should be so warm as almost to take off the 
wool.” We think we should prefer the ordinary de¬ 
gree of heat. 
Brown, Hammond and Saxton use hot stones, and 
as this mode will be novel to many of our readers, wc 
shall give tho substance of Hammond’s description of 
it at length, lie says, if a lamb gets badly chilled it 
should not be carried to the house to warm, as it may 
die on the way. A hot stone should always be kept 
In the kitchen stove, so as to be in readiness at a mo¬ 
ment’s notice. It should bo about twelve inches 
square and two and a hair thick. Marble will do, but 
soap-stone holds heat longer. It should be wrapped 
with two or three thicknesses of blankets. By the 
time it gets to the barn these will bo very warm — 
wanner than they could very well begot by holding 
them to a stove or fire. These blankets, emoking 
hot, are immediately wrapped round the Iamb, and 
another set of blankets are wrapped round the 6tone, 
nnd they arc thus changed as often as is necessary. 
The stone soon also makes the straw very warm un¬ 
derneath It. It Is then moved and the wrapped up 
lamb laid on this hot bed. It can thus, In avery short 
time, be as thoroughly heated through as if In an oven 
or warm bath, and rapidly revive*. We have used hot 
bricks in blankets, or Id hay or straw without blan¬ 
kets, but the stone Is obviously preferable, ns more 
conveniently bringing a larger heated surface in con¬ 
tact with the blankets or straw. We think it abetter 
mode than the oven, as the lamb can nil the time get 
fresh and highly heated air, and remains where it can 
conveniently receive proper attention in other re¬ 
spects. Tho warm bath requires far fewer accessories 
and is therefore cheaper; and it can be immediately 
brought into use for a number of Jambs at once, if the 
exigency require* it; but where subsequent friction 
is, as it ought always to be, recalled to, it requires at 
least equal time nnd labor, and we are inclined to 
think the dry heat of the blankets leave* the lamb 
stronger and in a better condition to withstand sub¬ 
sequent cold. The friction employed after the bath, 
too, requires car®, especially if the poor little subject 
of it is covered all over with those big “wrinkles” 
which the Mcriuo/asf men so highly appreciate ! It 
should be thorough, but so gentle as not to press too 
heavily on the tender skin and subjacent structures of 
the newly born animal. 
IIevnk places chilled lambs In the manure of the 
sheep barn, “with their heads ont.” lie says if there 
is a good bod under the sheep the Iambs “ will • Boon 
get right,” — and he justly remarks that if ewes are 
good mothers and properly lick their lambs there is 
little danger of chilling under suitable shelter. This 
process does not strike us as equally effective and 
safe with the preceding ones — particularly when the 
A Superior Iron-Beam Plow.—L ast season wc 
received for trial a cast iron-beam plow manufactured 
by Z, T. Newcomb, Waterloo, N. Y., which he calls 
the “Champion." Mr. N. claims to have attained a 
form of point and mould-board of such concurrence 
with well known mathematical and mechanical prin¬ 
ciples as to render the draft the lightest possible in 
comparison with the depth of furrow lifted and turned 
over. The wedge of the plow is most perfect in form, 
nnd subtends an angle of only three degrees to the 
plane of the earth, and presents a very perfect com¬ 
bination of the two great mathematical forces, tho 
wedge and screw. Alter giving the plow a thorough 
trial in both *od and stubble ground, we catno to the 
conclusion that it was one of tho best of its class. 
Moreover we have seen it in tbo bandB of several 
practical fanners, nnd all speak tn the highest terms 
of it* merit*. Not the least to be eaid In it* praise is 
it* good workmanship; this latter point is one of 
much Importance, and one wherein manufacturers 
frequently fall. None of the plows of Mr. N’s make 
which wo have seen are amenable to censure in this 
particular. 
POULTRY RAISING 
Dairymen's Association.— The dairymen of Ohio 
hold their annual meeting at Cleveland, Ohio, com¬ 
mencing on the 20th alt. After the organization of 
the Society the necessary committees were appointed. 
The following were some of tho topics under consid¬ 
eration:—The advantages of connecting butter and 
cheese manufacturing. What are the requisites of 
purity of flavor tu cheese? llow can it be secured? 
Is the brauch factory system practicable, and is its 
adoption advised f The preservation and preparation 
of rennets. Taring cheese factories. Best breed of 
cow* for the dairy'- The best grasses for a dairy farm. 
Election of officers, Ac, All which subjects were 
successively brought before the Society for discussion. 
In the evening Mr. Anson Bartlett of Drake county, 
delivered a highly interesting address, in which he 
illuminated, illustrated and explained in a very happy 
manner many topics of the deepest interest to the dai¬ 
rymen of the country. 
thoroughly milked durinj 
that costiveness does not yield as readily to injections 
in lambs several weeks old as in quite young ones— 
that in addition to injections large doses of castor oil 
or Epsom sails are frequently necessary to move the 
bowels in time. The Marshalls administer warm 
water injections; Pitts, castor oil in small doses, and 
injections of new milk, molasses and lord; Pottle, 
molasses or lard in slight case*, in others injections 
of warm water and tobacco; Rich, milk aud water 
injections, taking up the lamb by Its fore legs across 
his knee, und nibbing it; Sanford pursues “same 
course as that recommended in Practical Shepherd;” 
Saxton gives molasses or castor oil; Wilcox feeds 
laxative food, like roots, to the dam and not much 
grain; Wright gives lard and injections. 
For purging, Brown gives black pepper and milk; 
E. O. Clapp, chalk in ftirrow cow’s milk; A. H. 
Clapp, black pepper and scalded milk; Elithabp, 
scalded milk; Hammond, porridge made of scorched 
wheat flour; Heyne, nothing, if the mouth is wurm 
and the evacuations yellow—if the oose is cold gives 
a little sulphur ■ if the dung is white, considers it a 
dangerous symptom, and changes the feed of the darn; 
and if that docs not avail, puts the lamb on another 
ewe or gives it other milk; the Marshaxj, s, castor 
oil in moderate quantities; Pitts, if the case is bad, 
a small dose of laudanum; Pottle, mild anodynes— 
thinks Mrs. Winslow’s Soothing Syrup a* good as 
any; Rich, scalded milk; Sanford, paregoric; Sax¬ 
ton, a teaspoonful of rennet, repeated in a few hours; 
Wilcox, less laxative food to the dam; Wright, bit¬ 
ter-weed tea, or scalded milk and black pepper. 
Wc esteem all the above remedies good, as far as 
they go, in stages of both diseases. A word as to the 
manner of administering injections, which we have 
heretofore so strongly urged for costiveness iu yoaag 
lambs, The animal is held up by the hind legs, the 
nose of the syringe wry carefully inserted, and when 
the syringe has been discharged the iamb should be 
laid down anil the parts pressed together, eo that the 
fluid shall he retained as long ns jmsilde. This ren¬ 
ders it far more effective. The lamb cannot properly 
be held up by the hind legs Jong enough for this 
pnrpoee. 
* If the ewes were, marked with larce, visible num¬ 
bers, and the lambs when taken away numbered the same 
•with a itnuer end dipped in dry Venetian red, this diffi¬ 
culty would be avoided. This can be done by daylight, 
or even by a lautern, a* we know from abundant expe- 
rieuce. 
SPICY LETTER FROM MINNESOTA, 
Dear Old Rural ; — “ Westward the Star ot 
Empire takes its way,” and I, following so lofty 
an example, find myself in Minnesota—way in 
the south-western part, in the land of Home¬ 
steads and Gophers. Far away f rom our winter’s 
course of lectures and from father’s apple cellar, 
and wliero the prairies are so wide and so long 
they give one the feeling of “lost at sea.” An d 
I have come out here to farm. Not exactly to 
hold the plow or handle the hoe myself, but to 
take care of — not the linen — bnt the wardrobe 
and cook the cakes and bacon for the masculine 
half of the firm. What a thing it is to be poor! 
llad we been worth a “ million of money,” my 
masculine half aDd I, we would have staid and 
Fared sumptuously nearer the rising sun, and 
near our friends who have already arisen. The 
fates have ordered it otherwise, and so a few 
mouths ago we pitched our tent in the country 
where land is but fourteen dollars for a quarter 
section, i. e., if you live on it for five years. Our 
friends East nearly had a chill every time we 
spoke of Minnesota as our future home. We 
were told we would freeze to death—that the 
cattle froze standing in their stables—the. chick¬ 
ens on the the roost—the children going to 
school—the dinner over the fire, and all animate 
life congealed generally, for at least thirteen 
months in the year. 
Well, we have lived here until the middle of 
January. Dryer, nicer weather one could not 
wish for. Thnough the months of November 
and December there wore no storms of any kind; 
bright, beautiful, sunny weather. No rains this 
fall, or since tlit freshets in the summer. To be 
sure, it has bedD cold, but not severely so. The 
ice on the lakes is frozen to the depth of eight¬ 
een inches. On the eve of tho Sd inst. it com¬ 
menced snowing, and iu tho course of two days 
snow fell to the depth of six or seven inches. 
This is the first snow we have had that would 
make a track. It has not drifted any to speak 
of, vet there is nothing to hinder should we have 
high winds. We expect to get our pay in storm- 
currency yet. It was last February, in this 
county — Martin county — that a load of seven 
children got lost, going home from singing 
school one stormy night, and lay ont iu the 
storm two nights and one day. When they 
reached home the three girls were frozen to 
death, and of the lour boys all lost their limbs Latakia Tobacco.— We are Indebted to E. J. Evans 
but one, and he part of one foot. We do not & Co., York, Pa., for a package of seed of this variety 
write that down against the climate of the State, of tobacco. 
Winter Wearing Oct.— The past, or more cor¬ 
rectly porhap*, tbc present winter baB been somewhat 
remarkable for the number of snow storms It has fur¬ 
nished and the protroctedness of the sleighing season. 
Commencing early in December, wo have had sleighing 
most of the time up to the advent of March. Owing, 
however, to the comparative mildncBB of tho temper¬ 
ature during the month of February, tho general 
average for the winter season has varied little from 
that of several preceding ones, thongh tho run of 
sleighing has been more protracted here than during 
any winter for the last dozen years. The weather- 
wise infer from tho length of the snow season, now 
nearly ended, an early spring and a fruitful summer. 
The long reign of enow has been favorable to winter 
wheat, aud already the prophets are predicting a 
bountiful harvest the ensuing summer. 
Our Premiums Appreciated.— The following ac¬ 
knowledgment from a Recruiting Officer for the Rural 
Brigade tells its own story. We have “more of the 
same sort” of watches to give to Club Agents, (or 
other premiums If preferred,) aud, as Mr. C. says, any 
young person “ can easily earn one by getting up a 
club for tho Rural 
Coal Valley, HI., March 7,18(57. 
D. D. T- Moore —Dear Sir: This morning I re¬ 
ceived, by U. 8. Express, a Ladies’ Gold Hunting- 
Cased Watch, for which I am much obliged. It,is a 
very nice one, and a valuable present. Any young 
person wishing a watch can easily earn one by get¬ 
ting up a club for the Rural. If they can't get a club 
largo enough for a Gold Watch there are other valu¬ 
able presents offered. I remain, Dear Sir, 
Respectfully yours, Thomas Cone. 
RAISE YOUR OWN COWS 
Silver Pheasant Fowls.— Those of our readers 
who are desirous of obtaining eggs from pure bred 
fowls of this variety are referred to the advertise¬ 
ments of G. M. Curtis and G. W. Cone. The corres¬ 
pondence of these gentlemen, published in the Rural 
a few weeks Bince, brought them a “ grist" of letters 
of inquiry 7 , which they have properly answered in our 
advertising columns. 
The Northern Farmer — devoted to Agricul 
ture, Science, Art's and Manufacturea, and published 
monthly at Fond dn Lac, Wis.,—has been enlarged to 
16 quarto pages. It is well conducted, and merits a 
good circulation. Published by Jones & Bbo., at §1. 
THE TARIFF ON WOOL, 
We give the clauses of the new General Tariff bill 
which prescribe the rates of duties on foreign wool, as 
we find them iu the newspapers — and presumo they 
arc correctly copied. We shall publish the tariff' on 
woolens next week. For the want of space, com¬ 
ments on the subject are reserved until our articles 
ou Lamb raising ure completed: 
A bill to proride Increased revenue from imported 
wools, and far other purposes: 
He it enacted. By 1 he Senate and nouse of Repre¬ 
sentatives of the United States of America, in Con- 
