more, •with no appearance of butter, inquires of 
me what the difficulty is, in not being able to tell 
them. I ask if plenty of hot water has been used, 
if the milk was soured when put in the churn, if 
the cow has been salted as regularly as last sum¬ 
mer, if a little salt has been added to the milk, if 
it has stood 60 close to the kitchen stove as to 
melt the cream, or so far from it as to have been 
frozen some severe night, and receive a reply in 
the negative to all these inquiries. I hoped to 
find some neglect of compliance with the condi¬ 
tions usually observed in fitting, or conducting 
It to a golden or silvery result; for I would 
gladly have been satisfied with white, if I could 
not have yellow butter, but I could get neither. 
Several times this winter, after two hours 
faithful churning, 1 have been able to get only 
froth, whether heated with hot water or chilled 
with cold, or churned rapidly or slowly. Our 
cow is a good looking one, and in perfect health, 
1 imagine, for she is sleek, and Andrew says cats 
heartily, of the same feed he gives the horses, 
buckwheat, oats and corn, ground together. 
Her color is red with some white spots. Her 
size is called medium, and she has long boms 
ornamented with nine or ten rings around them, 
and brass knobs on the ends. Will some one of 
your sympathizing scientific or practical butter- 
making readers give, through the columns of 
your valuable paper, the cause of my vexing 
failures to make butter under the circumstances 
here given? Yours in cream, Margaret. 
a week old unless the ewe was held for them and they 
were placed at the teat. 
We would like to receive accounts of their lamb 
drop from breeders in all parts of the country—the 
proportion of good-sized, brisk, healthy lambs—the 
appearance of the others—and the precise treatment, 
as regards feed, water, exercise and shelter, of the 
ewes during pregnancy. The truth is, American 
breeders loose by far too large a proportion of their 
lambs, and let us by a wise and constant comparison 
of facts attempt to ascertain the causes of this mor¬ 
tality. But no man's statements on the subject are 
or the least value, unless he tells the cxnct truth and 
the whole truth. He who Is not willing to disclose 
what he suspects may have been wrong in his man¬ 
agement, or who Is determined to sustain any theory 
of explanation, had better withhold his testimony, 
for the effects of it will only be to mislead. 
New York, where a great quantity and vanetv 
of foreigu wools are always to be found, and 
where the opinions of a large titimber of expe¬ 
rienced wool importers, dealers, government 
officials versed in such matters, ur,(1 other ex¬ 
perts can be readily obtained, i 1 lound nece*- 
sary, I have no doubt that, satisfactory and per¬ 
haps ttnatiimons conclusions will he arrived, at 
iu every instance. 
but if this examination is left merely to such 
individuals as choose to interest themselves in 
the matter—acting without concert— collecting 
ex parte statements—and receiving few of the 
facilities for obtaining full and accurate informa¬ 
tion which would he freely extended to an au¬ 
thorized committee, I cannot but believe, that 
the investigation will fail to attain the desired 
objects, or to allay the suspicions aud Jealousies 
of the parties interested. 
I have the honor to ho, Sir, 
Very respectfully your obd’t serv’t, 
Henry S. Randall, 
President of National Wool Growers’ Ass’n. 
The Season — Prospects.— April came In cold and 
forbidding, but a pleasing and promising change is 
now perceptible. The hyperborean blasts so long in 
the ascendant have given place to mellow. southern 
breezes, waking the farmers to new life and activity. 
Hitherto but little spring plowing has been done, but 
with the commencement of the week the fields be¬ 
came alive with teams and plowmen. 
The buds of the smaller fruits are swelling fast — the 
cherry especially — and a few days of continued mild 
weather will suffice to clothe them in a robe of white. 
It is too early yet to pronounce, with much posi- 
tiveneas, as to the the chances of other fruits, bnt the 
indications are deemed rather favorable than other¬ 
wise. Elsewhere, as here, the spring has been back¬ 
ward, and a protracted winter has depleted the bams 
and put stock on short feed nt the very time when 
most injurious to them. Ilay has advanced in price 
here rapidly within a few days —less, possibly, in 
consequence of scarcity, than from a want of time, on 
the part, of farmers, to bring what surplus they have 
to market, . 
edited by henry e. randall, ll. d. 
THE WOOL SAMPLES TJNDEB THE 
TAEIFF. 
The following correspondence sufficiently 
explains itself. W r c give it entire, as very erro¬ 
neous impressions of the intentions and motives 
of the Secretary of the. Treasury, in the matter, 
have been published in Borne of the public jour¬ 
nals : 
MR. RANDALL TO SECRETARY m’CULLOCH. 
Corti.and Vru.AOR, N. Y., March 23d, 1807. 
Uon. Hugh McCulloch, Secretary (if the Trtxmry; 
: _i bad the honor to serve as Chairman of 
the Committee of the National Wool Growers’ 
Association, which, with the Committee of the 
National Association of Wool Manufacturers 
and the Hon. STcrm-tN Colwell, one of the 
Commissioners of Revenue, prepared the draft 
of the clauses in regard to wool and woolens of 
the general tariff bill whioli passed the House of 
Representatives during the first session of the 
thirty-ninth Congress, and which, as n separate 
1.111 passed both Houses and became u law 
during the last session of the same Congress. 
When the portion of the bill requiring dis¬ 
tinctive samples of the various kinds of wool to 
be selected and prepared under the direction ;>l 
the Secretary of the Treasury to be deposited in 
the Custom' House, .V,e„ for the Objects speci¬ 
fied was under the consideration of the Growers 
and'Manufacturers Committees, it was proposed 
to insert a clause providing that the selection of 
the samples should be made by five persons, 
embracing two growers, two manufacturers, arid 
one wool dealer, appointed by the Secretary of 
the Treasury—or to make some equivalent pro¬ 
vision so that the Growing and Manufacturing 
interests should be fairly and equally represent¬ 
ed in a matter of so much common concert). 
Mr. Commissioner Colwell suggested tbjri 
there was no use of such provisions, for lie said 
the Secretary of the Treasury would, as a mat¬ 
ter of course, see that those interests were rep- 
resented, find finally represented* ni making the 
selection of the samples; and he expressed the 
opinion that the Secretary of the ! rcasnry would 
unquestionably select fuch individuals as the 
official representatives of the two interests 
tfliould agTT.o on. Tic iil*o thought that the ah- 
Fence of tin eh provision ft would better conform 
to previous custom in analogous cases, and 
would he more respectful to the Secretary of 
the Treasury. 
Relying on the Commissioner’s assurances, and 
influenced by the last consideration named by 
him, the proposed provisions wera abandoned. 
I have seen no official statement of your ap¬ 
pointment of persons to select samples under 
the directions of the Act. Newspaper reports 
have prevailed on the subject, which havo 
created an alarm and dissatisfaction among the 
wool growers of the country, which i trust arc 
wholly unfounded. May 1 take the liberty res¬ 
pectfully to ask you. In behalf of the wool grow¬ 
ers, what notion you may have taken in the 
premises ? 
I have the honor to be, Sir, 
Very respectfully, your obd’t serv’t, 
Henry 8. Randai.l, 
President of National Wool Growers’ Ass’n. 
Wool Scouring or tiik N. Y. S. S. B. <& W. G. 
Ass’n. — H. R. Weeks, Bntlcrville, Jennings Co., Ia. 
The prizes of the Association on scoured wool are con¬ 
tinued, and are open to competitors from any part of 
the world, who exhibit their PheCp and have them 
shorn on the Fair ground, as New York competitors 
are compelled do—and on no other terms. If you will 
send your fleeces for scouring to Alton Pope of Cleve¬ 
land, Ohio, or to any other manufacturer of reputa¬ 
tion, we will very willingly report the results, as you 
desire, in the columns of the Rural. 
receipt of your communication of the mu inst. 
further relating to the wool samples, now in 
course of preparation by Mr. George Wm. Bond 
of Boston, and suggesting a mode for submit- 
Llng the said Rumples to the criticism of ail par¬ 
ties interested. . . ... 
In reply I would respectfully state that,, as 
soon as the preparation of the said samples is 
reported bv Air. Bond to be completed, you will 
lie duly notified of the fact, in order that you 
rnav, if von deem it proper, appoint a Commit¬ 
tee'of Wool Growers to examine the same, and 
ul the same time the National Association of 
Wool Manufacturers will also be notified, so 
that the samples can be inspected by a commit¬ 
tee composed of gentlemen connected with the 
manufacturing interest, when, if they arc not 
satisfactory to both interests, any suggestions 
that may be offered will be carefully considered 
by this Department. 
I am, very respectfully, 
H. McCulloch, 
Secretary of the Treasury. 
To Henry S. Randall, Esq., President of Na¬ 
tional Wool Growers’ Association, Cortland 
Village, N. Y. 
It will he seen that the Secretary of the Treas¬ 
ury complies, in effect, with the recommenda¬ 
tions submitted to him on behalf oi the W r ool 
Growers, and that the arrangement, thus com¬ 
pleted affords every guaranty that the case ad- 
mite of, that in the final adoption and verifica¬ 
tion of the samples by the Secretary, the intent 
of the Act of March 3d, 1807, will be impartially 
curried out. 
A Goon AiTOrsTMENT.— The telegraph announced 
yesterday that the Commissioner of Agriculture had 
appointed Hon. T. C. Peters, late President of the 
New York State Agricultural Society, an agent to aid 
in the distribution of seeds in the South, to perfect 
the list of Southern statistical correspondents, and to 
co-operate in the reorganization and improvement of 
Southern agriculture, Mr, Peters is the Southern 
corresponding editor of Moore's Rural New-York- 
eb, whose late tour and observations through tho 
South were sketched in a recent letter to that paper 
which wc copied and commented upon. The appoint¬ 
ment is a good one, and wo eongratnlato the New- 
1 orkxr on this merited recognition of the talent and 
usefulness of one of its editors, -Jloch. Daily Union. 
The Robinson Sheep.— We have received two ex¬ 
cellent samples of wool from the stock rams of Dar¬ 
win It. Robinson of Shoreham, Vt, Mr. R. is the 
son, and the successor to the old Paular flock, of 
Euastus Robinson, from which the “Robinson 
Sheep " take their name—and who in his short career 
achieved, and justly achieved, so much celebrity as a 
breeder. The old stock have been kept pure, and the 
specimens we have seen of it are superior iu com¬ 
pactness of form and density of fieecc. 
COWS LEAKING THEIR MILK, 
We have received three answers to an inquiry 
concerning a remedy for cows leaking their 
milk. P. E., Denmark, writes; — " My remedy 
is simply this: Take white oak bark, put it into 
water; boll down aa strong as can be made. 
Then, after every milking, soak the ends of the 
teats in tho solution for a few minutes and yon 
have the preventive.” “Farmer Dan, Pougb- 
keepsio: Cut strips of gum elastic of sufficient 
length to wind several times 3round the teats, or 
punch a hole through a small piece and apply In 
that way; cither will do. Continue for two or 
three days at a time for three or four weeks till 
the udder expands sufficiently to hold the milk.” 
“Subscriber,” Dopauvilic, N. Y: “Farmers, 
about here, use a rubber ring that fits the teats 
tight enough to stay on. They can he made of 
rubber tape, cord, or rings made on purpose.” 
Dodob’s Reaper and Mower,— Those of our read¬ 
ers wishing a good reaper or mower (or tho two com¬ 
bined) for the approaching harvest, are referred to 
the advertisement or the Dodge A Stevenson ManTg 
Co., in this paper. Wc believe the machines furnished 
by this Company among the very best obtainable, and 
know from personal observation, that they are man¬ 
ufactured In a qiri'fnl and substantial manner. Our 
own opinion of Hie Dodge Machine may be inferred 
from tho fact that wc offer it as a premium to club 
agents, — and it is not our purpose to name a second- 
class article in the list of premiums. 
How Sheep Have Wintered.— The winter has 
been long, and in many regions very severe. But so 
far as our information now extends, and with some 
exceptions already noted In Texas, Southern Ohio, 
etc., slicep have wintered quite as well as usual, and 
extensively destructive diseases among them havo 
been less prevalent than in many former years. 
Goitre.— J. D. Pierson, Crystal Lake, Ill. The 
disease yon describe in your Iambs is goitre. For 
supposed causes, and for remedies, consult the hack 
numbers of this paper. 
Texas Geological Survey.— We have received 
from S. B. Bucklet, Esq., a pamphlet copy of a “ Pre¬ 
liminary ItepoTt” on the Geology of Texas, com¬ 
menced by Dr, Moore, assisted by the author, and 
finished by him on the demise of the former. It em¬ 
braces much valuable information with reference to 
the country described, showing it to be rich In the 
treasures of salt, iron and coal, besides utber materi¬ 
als essential to the convenience aud comfort of man. 
Did space permit, we should be glad to quote liberally 
from this report, but the pressure on our columns 
precludes a more extended notice. 
Garget in Cows. —J. Bullis, an experienced 
dairyman of Maeedon, Wayne Co., N. Y'., in¬ 
forms us that be lias been always successful in 
curing garget in cows by administering saltpetre. 
A common spoonful, dissolved iu water, should 
be given the cow two mornings in succession. 
Intermit a day and repeat the doBe, when a 
cure will be effected. In the time of (lush feed 
give about a teacupful dissolved iu water and 
mix with salt. This will he ample iur from 30 
to 40 cows. . 1 
DAIRY STOCK-TREATMENT 
Mr. Editor:— The very primitive and the 
very reprehensible practice of feeding 6heep on 
the ground without racks is not, I observe, alto¬ 
gether obsolete. People who travel more than 
1 do tell rne that it is quite common in some 
sections in this year of grace 1807. I do not 
know, 1 wish 1 did, whether those who practice 
it think it is inside or outside of the civilization 
of the age. 
IVc are greatly inclined to find reasons foronr 
couJui t, wueiner hi* van, «ua it wuuia 
not be strange if some think that an animal’s filth 
imparts a pleasantfiavor to its fodder if adminis¬ 
tered in email doses iu cold weather. Extreme 
mud and dun<] is thought by some to be whole¬ 
some for hogs, but I never heard it prescribed 
lor sheep. On the whole, I think few will as¬ 
sume that it is possiblo to keep fodder too clean, 
aud that most farmers will admit that it is bet¬ 
ter to keep sheep off from their fodder entirely 
by placing it in well Constructed racks. But 
the most prevalent error of all is to suffer the 
rack to be partially filled with the leavings, and 
then put in the hay carelessly, so that a portion 
of it comes out reifdily under foot. The racks 
should be cleaned every day, and the refuse 
thrown to horses or cattle, and the hay pressed 
down compactly In the bottom ol the rack, 
care being taken not to scatter it. A great deal 
of hay is wasted, even when good racks are pro¬ 
vided; but when racks are not provided, the 
waste, especially in soft weather, is intolerable. 
The loss of hay is not the worst part of it, how¬ 
ever ; in the spring when sheep arc losing fiesh, 
and their appetites are poor, and the ground 
soft, the fodder should be the very best and 
cleanest. If it is where they can run over it, 
they will eat very little, the least taint spoils it, 
and they decline rapidly. Let those who have 
not racks make it their first business to provide 
then); and not wait till another winter, which 
will have care enough of its own. 
1 recur to these obvious truths on the princi¬ 
ple that ns long as there are sinners the Gospel 
should be preached.—ii. t. b. 
The few weeks intervening between hay aud 
grass arc the most critical of the year for dairy 
stock. It is the general season of maternity, 
when the animals will require extra feeding and 
attention—especially will this be the case If the 
cows have been kept short during the long win¬ 
ter, which even now seems reluctant to vacate 
“the lap of 6pring.” Ii any event, whether 
well or poorly kept, coir should not now be 
ro fro- a vwq&uul.ee, but should receive 
dally till grass time li’cT-i’. allowances of nour¬ 
ishing roots and mashes in addition to the good 
hay they cun consume. If this is not aftaluble 
let Diem have a liberal allowance of cut straw 
mixed with mill feed. This attention and care 
will he well remunerated, through the medium of 
the milk pail. Tho desire, to realize at once, 
in the shape of butter and cheese, induces many, 
perhaps nearly all dairymen, to take the calves 
from thelr damsWore they are a week old. This 
may be profitable, but we doubt it. Certainly it 
is not quite natural, as the meanings of the 
cows and their offspring on being thus rudely 
separated at the moment when nature is most 
prompt in the assertion .of relationship, abun¬ 
dantly prove. The old plan of “going halves ” 
with the calves for a few weeks, is still practiced 
by some, and, all things considered, we think 
with advantage to tho djmi and her offspring. 
There is sometimes eTlnced a great lack of 
humanity aud judgment flu the part of those to 
whom is assigned the duty of “breaking in” 
heifers. 8ome of these, ifom, previous caressing 
and manipulation, come iu without trouble, 
while others, less docile by nature and lacking 
previous training, are wild and restive when 
milking is attempted, (f they start forward, 
kick or oihcrwise evincefc repugnance to being 
milked, it is poor policy to fly into a passion and 
beat and bruise tho brut* till they quiver with 
fear and agony. PatienctJ kiudliucss and perse¬ 
verance will soon establish pacific and agreeable 
relations between tbe parties., and these, once 
lormed, will not lie easily disturbed thereafter. 
Beasts are quick to discern between friends aud 
foes, fearlessly following the one but distrustful 
of tlic other, aud ready In the slightest provo¬ 
cation, to dart away as |a supposed mcaus of 
avoiding punishment. 4entleness of manner 
and voice, if steadily peeisted lu, will subdue 
any animal that is worthy of belonging to a 
dairy herd. Those that cannot be thus tamed 
and ruled ought to be consigned to another fate. 
New Cheese Factories.—A company has recently 
boon organized In the town of Walworth, Wayne 
county, for the manufacture of cheese. The bnlldings 
and necessary appendages for factory operations ovill 
he cnrnnloted us anon as oossiblo. Tho Mo. «wtrn 
Company, organized some time since, have their es¬ 
tablishment. nearly completed, There Is a factory 
already In operation in Newark, Wayne county, and 
another In process of erection at Pcrinton, Monroe 
county. The prospects of these factories arc said to 
be highly flattering. 
secretary m’culloch’s reply. 
Treasury Department, March 27th, 1887. 
Sra :— I have the honor to acknowledge the 
receipt of yonr letter of the 33d inst. in relation 
to the appointment of competent and Impartial 
persons to selec t t he distinctive samples of wool 
and hair required under the Act of March 3d, 
1807, and in reply thereto beg leave to transmit 
herewith, a copy of a letter addressed, by me, 
under date of (lie 95th inst., to the Hon. Lyman 
Trumbull, U. 8. Senate, on the subject matter 
referred to by yon. 
I am, very respectfully, 
H. McCulloch, 
Secretary of the Treasury. 
To Henry S. Randall, Esq., President of'the 
Wool Growers’ National Association, Cortland 
Village, N. Y. _ 
COPY OF LETTER TO HON. L. TRUMBULL. 
Treasury Department, March 25th, 1867. 
Sir:— In respectfully returning the letter of 
A. M. Garland, Esq., addressed to you under 
date of the 18lh inst.., 1 beg leave to say that 
this Department has been fortunate in securing 
the services of George W. Bond, Esq. of Bos¬ 
ton, in the preparation of the samples of wool 
and hair required under the act of March 3d, 
1867. o--- - rTTwi, 
J feel very confident that Mr. Rond, who is 
well known to the wool growers and to the wool 
importers, will not permit himself to he influ¬ 
enced in the slightest degree by an undue con¬ 
sideration of any particular interest, bnt will 
aim wholly for an Impartial aud fair execution of 
the law". 
The. samples when prepared will be open to 
the criticism of all parlies interested, and should 
it be discovered, that from any cause, a mistake 
has been made in the. classification or arrange¬ 
ment. of tho distinctive samples of wool and 
hair, the Department will not be alow to cor¬ 
rect it. 
I am, very respectfully, 
(Signed) H. McCulloch, 
Secretary of the Treasury. 
To Hon. L. Trumbull, U. 8. Senate, Washing- 
u e i a 
Large Plantations Out of Date. 
The Southern Cultivator says:—“The day 
of extensive planting lias passed away, and wo 
must come now to economical farming.” The 
idea o 1 making a pile at a single throw must be 
given up, and steady gains and safe returns must 
be relied upon for tbe future. To accomplish 
this, close attention and active personal super¬ 
vision will he found indispensable. 
Corn, Wire Worms and White Grubs.—A corres¬ 
pondent from Ohio writes thus:— 11 1 have 6ome bot¬ 
tom land on which 1 wish to plant corn, bat the soil 
is infested with wire worms. Wifi some of the read¬ 
ers of the Rural tell me how to prevent them from 
injuring the yonng coral” Another correspondent 
writes us from Onondaga Valley, N. Y„ that the white 
grab is very troublesome in gardens, and asks if salt 
or anything else will destroy them. Salt is good; 
plowing or spading very late in the fell, better. 
The “ Universal Scratcher.” 
The Colonial Farmer, Frcderietou, N. B., 
says that the correspondent of the Rural New- 
Yorker who recommends the upper part of a 
hemlock tree full of branches nearly at right 
angles with the trunk, cut short, as a scratcher 
for cattle, has infringed on the rights of the late 
Rev. Sydney Smith, the witty and eccentric 
canon of St. i’aul’s. It was he who proposed 
this mode of relief and comfort for stock and 
denominated it “ a universal scratcher.” 
Bedbtead-Sprjng Bottom. — Daniel Drencher, 
Plymouth, (Mich.,) has invented a spring bottom for 
beds, which seems to be all that can bo desired for 
ease and comfort. It can be adjusted to any style of 
bedstead, attached or detached, and rolled up in two 
or three minutes. To sick persona, especially, it 
must prove a welcome attachment to the ordinary 
bedstead. J. S. Tibbets of this city, supplies the 
article. 
Not all Cotton. 
The Southern Cultivator (Ga.,) advises its 
readers to he careful iu planting corn, potatoes 
and other summer crops ample for farm or home 
consumption, aud not to depend w’holly or 
mainly on cotton and sugar, as has been too 
often the practice In that region. It advises also 
a more geueral cultivation of wheat, thus obvi¬ 
ating the necessity of relying upon the West for 
the article of flour. While the domestic tax on 
cotton remains, a greater diversity of cropping 
is deemed essential to successful farming iu the 
South. _ 
Beet Sugar for Export. 
A correspondent of the Prairie Farmer, 
alluding to a sngar factory about to be started in 
New York city, expresses the opinion that with¬ 
in fifteen years the beet sugar manufacturing 
will become so well developed as to fully meet 
the homo demand and furnish a large surplus lor 
exportation. This is a hopeful view of the sub¬ 
ject, hut the question naturally presents itself as 
to where we arc to find a market for the surplus, 
provided we succeed in producing one. The 
progress of the past fifteen years scarcely justi¬ 
fies the anticipations here referred to. 
Labge Eggs—Ex Alderman II. F. Van Bake of 
this city, lias a penchant for the products of the hen- 
ery. He has a lot of white-faced Black Spanish fowls 
which arc producing some notable specimens of eggs. 
Two of a sample shown were measured. One was 
V'» by 6.?'» inches and the other 7>£ by 6 inches. He 
has 19 hens on tho lay which produced 294 eggs in 
21 days. 
The Reason Why.— The note of “K. W.,” Cas¬ 
cade, Michigan, was duly received. The person hav¬ 
ing charge of the matter referred to in it, is absent. 
The reasons, influencing him in the case, are unknown 
to the writer of this. The charge of plagairism we 
concede to have been made out against tho party im¬ 
plicated. There are many such cases, no doubt, but 
the means of detection are not always at hand. 
Condensed Correspondence, Items, &c, 
. The Lamb Drop op 1867.— The drop of lambs is 
8 ’ ’’ not completed at the time of this writing (Aril 12th.) 
treasury: yy c have not received very general information on 
fledge the the subject—and very little except from New York 
and Vermont—but in those States, the very early 
t the wool (February) lambs came strong, find favored by the un- 
March 2d, ngnaiiy mild weather of that month, were pretty 
id'd is satis generally saved. March was very severe, and greater 
l In' conn- 1° S5U9 m ' re incurred—but, on the whole, the increase 
3 were felt 11118 been a good one. Goitre and imperfect develop- 
icen felt to ment have been less common than for several preced- 
linry inter- Jug years, measurably wo have no doubt, especially 
ii those of j n t h e oase of the latter malady, because our breeders 
be I'ousti- ure beginning lo learn that high keep aud absence of 
Ti copy of exerci8e ’ in prut’Tiant ewes, have a strong tendency 
566 to me tlJ produce weak, unhealthy lambs. Wo know of a 
latter sup- person who wintered port ions of the same flock in 
angements adjoining enclosures. The best ones—the “show 
II be, satis- flock”—were fed higher and were so situated that 
they got less run. This best flock dropped three 
,C mode ol t j meBa8 many weak aud undeveloped lambs as the 
, r ( j >other. A neighbor had another portion of the same. 
,] growers flock and guve them considerably more exercise still, 
rsf viz; by His lambs were correspondingly stronger and livelier, 
the Trens- As the saying is, they “knew more " — i, e.. none of 
illy of per- them which could stand and help themselves had to 
ssoeiations be helped and taught to suck, or evinced that stnpid- 
^VOurDfu ity whicU new ' l3oru lfunhs sometimes, though in ap- 
muiples se- P arent health, so curiously ex hi bit-a? if they lacked 
heir fitness a share of natural instinct. In both of the first named 
lartmeiit. flocks, there were quite a number which displayed 
sample, at I more or less of this stupidity, aud would not suck at 
Clover to Enrich Land.—(R. L., Cataraugns Co., 
N. Y.) Among practical farmers opinions are divided 
as to which is the best kind of clover—the medium 
or large. Not less than 12 or 15 lbs. per acre should 
be sown. It is well to add to this some timothy seed. 
When it is in blossom plow it under, to the depth of 
six or eight inches, if your main pnrpoBC is to enrich 
the land. 
A BUTTER MAKER IN DISTRESS, 
Mr. Editor : — I havee lurthen to lay at the 
feet of some of your readers: it has been an an¬ 
noying one on my shoulders siuce cold weather 
commenced. I am uot edifying any one when I 
say there arc a great man: families north of 
Dixie, as fortunate or unfortunate, as the one of 
which I am one of the heads who have a farrow 
cow to supply them with mik, and in part with 
butter, through our long,; ?o!d winters. All 
practical and scientific butbr makers are pre¬ 
sumed to kuow how to condict the performance 
of converting milk into buttr of some kind, in 
all seasons of the year. I regret the defects of 
early education in these, m.ttcrs, though the 
daughter of a farmer, and tho >est aud kindest of 
mothers, and have to confess that to satisfy"—not 
my hnsband who is easily satifled with whatever 
I may do or attempt—a modonte degree of pride 
or ambition, I would be exceedingly gratified if 
I could avoid the vexation I feel, when Jimmie 
or Bridget, after churning one full hour or 
N. Y. State Fair.— It is stated that the commit¬ 
tee. having charge of the business pertaining to the 
location of the next State Fair, have decided in favor 
of Buffalo. This was anticipated, from tbe liberal 
ofl'er made by citizens of that place, and will prove 
generally satisfactory. The Fair will open on Tues¬ 
day, the first day of October, and continue four days. 
More About Trichin®. 
The Springfield Republican (Mass.,) a short 
time since gave a detailed account of six eases 
of trichinae as having occurred in that city — 
members of three families comprising the vic¬ 
tims. The ham eaten, which caused their suffer¬ 
ing, was obtained at a grocery store and all 
belonged to the same lot. One of the parties, a 
girl, died. A portion of muscle was detached 
from one of her limbs and made the subject of 
microscopic examination. A square inch of this 
disclosed from 30,000 to 80,000 trichin®. Four 
of the persons attacked are convalascent, but 
the fifth is reported to he in a critical condition. 
The Farmers’ Journal. — This useful account- 
book for farmers, which we noticed at length last 
week, is published by Mr. A. De Lancey Brigham, 
Rochester, N. Y., to whom agents and othors desiring 
the book should address orders. It is also for sale at 
this office. ___ 
Farmers’ Club—Central Kentucky.— The head¬ 
quarters of this club are at Lexington. Prts't— Wil¬ 
liam R. Estell. Vice Pres'l— J. J, Haden. Sec'y—J- 
