it away in five minutes; others in one hour or in 
less than twelve honra any way. Some say never 
apply force to take it away, hut rather let it rot 
and take its own time and manner. 
As soon as the call' comes milk the cow clean, 
and before if the bag inclines to cake. Bathe 
the loins with it and let the cow drink the bal- 
lance. [Some authors object to this.] Then 
give a pailfnll of warm drink, spiced with one- 
half pint of soot, the same of flax seed, with 
two quarts of rye meal—no corn—three quarts 
potatoes, red pepper or boneset together. Some 
would say either article would be a specific if 
their cow happened to do well when using it. 
Others say no such thing will do any good, for 
it cannot reach the place where the difficulty 
lies. This may he true, but the intention of 
such messes is not so much to act surgically as 
to fill up that cavity and press upon that which 
should come away, to keep up a lax state of the 
system, aiding and strengthening nature in per¬ 
forming h.er work. If these fail und you have to 
resort to the hand to take it away be sure to get 
a competent operator who will loosen aud re¬ 
move it from each knob or haunch without tear¬ 
ing them off. Be sure to finish and not leave the 
cow to strain the more and make a bad matter 
worse. The Farrier who can reach the starting 
point and turn the placenta in and fetch it out 
according to the course of nature, we will call a 
good practical surgeon lu this department. 
In January, I860, I had a cow that did not 
clean until twelve days after calving. Two years 
after, in March, the same cow had it taken away. 
Did poorly on both occasions. A heifer, well 
fed, calved on Tuesday morning, but no after¬ 
birth appeartd till Thursday morning of the fol¬ 
lowing week, and then came in mass. Teats 
filled one day before calving; milk clear the 
second day and she is doing well. I state these 
particulars because some dairymen say they are 
singular, and also to induce communications 
from others on the subject here adverted to. 
Garrattsville, N. Y., 1867. R. L. Gazlet. 
The Season, Weather, Crops, &c — The present 
week has witnessed but tittle improvement, in the 
weather, though the enow has disappeared, except in 
places shielded from the sun and where the drifts 
were very deep. As a consequence of continued raw 
winds vegetation is backward—later generally by two 
or three weeks than is customary in this latitude on 
the first of May. But this tnay prove a gain in the 
end as fruit will be less likely to be injured by frosts 
by a late than by an early putting forth of blossoms. 
The season hns been backward at the South also, as 
we learn from a note from the Editor-in-Chief who is 
“ taking notes"' In that section of country. Under date 
of Washington, April 25th, he writes:—“ In Philadel¬ 
phia. Baltimore and here the fruit trees arc In full 
bloom, and fields and gardens looking beautiful- 
green and umbraceotis, like the middle or last of May 
in our section. The season, however, is frilly two 
weeks later than common in the localities named. 
The winter has been unusually severe, yet winter 
grain —wheat, rye. &c — is looking remarkably well. 
The prospect is very favorable for an immcnse'peach 
crop in Delaware, Maryland, &c. The reports re¬ 
ceived at the Department of Agricnltnre, from all 
parts of the country, speak favorably of the prospects 
of the wheat crop.” 
EDITED BT HENRY 8. RANDALL, LL. D. 
To Correspondents. —Mr. Ra n call's address Is Cort¬ 
land Village, Cortland Co., K. Y. AH communications 
intended far this Department, and all inquiries relating 
to sheep, should be addressed to him as above. 
The New York State Sheep Fair, we trust 
our readers bear in mind, takes place at Auburn 
on the 8th, Oth and 10th of May—commencing 
four days from the date of this paper. The 
premium list has been published and widely dis¬ 
tributed. The arrangements for the conveni¬ 
ence of exhibitors and visitors at Auburn — 
ample we believe them to be—have been alluded 
to, and we have no reason to doubt that they, 
will he fully carried out. The liberal agreement 
of the N. Y. Cent ral Railroad to carry exhibition 
cheep to and from the Fair free of charge, has 
been stated, and the precise mode in which this 
business will be conducted has been clearly an¬ 
nounced by the Superintendent of the road—so 
that no exhibitor will beat a loss howto pro¬ 
ceed*. 
In a word, we believe that every practicable 
step which can be taken to render the Fair suc¬ 
cessful, has been taken. But two indispensable 
things remain. These are a great exhibition of 
sheep, and a great assemblage of people. 
Without the former, the Fair would he the 
play of Hamlet with the part of Hamlet left 
out! Several thousand men gazing round on a 
.‘^beggarly account of empty ” sheep pens, 
would be a farcical sight. At our two previous 
State Sheep Fairs no such humiliating spectacle 
has been witnessed. We think It lias been gen¬ 
erally conceded that lu numbers and excellence, 
the exhibitions of Merinos at Canandaigua and 
Jtocbester have never been equalled in our coun¬ 
try; and wo have not the remotest Idea that, 
judged by American standards, they were ever 
equalled in any other country. There is no rea¬ 
son why there should not be oil equal display of 
hoicc sheep, in all the different classes, at Au¬ 
burn. The premiums arc equal with those of 
previous years. The facilities arc greater. Emu¬ 
lation among breeders continues as rife. Aud 
there are not only more good sheep in the coun¬ 
try than there were three years ago, hut there 
are, with a few special exceptions, better ones. 
The breeder who has not manifestly and con- 
hiderahly improved his flock within three years 
is but a fossil in his art, and is drifting behind! 
Besides sheep, we waut troops of spectators 
at the Fair. The Association receives no Legis¬ 
lative aid. It depends entirely upon its receipts 
wj pay its expenses; and these receipts, besides 
the bonus paid by Auburn, consist, wholly of 
admission fees. Its officers do all the work, 
incur ail the responsibility,—and they receive no 
pay. They, therefore, should receive the coun¬ 
tenance and assistance of a generous public. 
We trust that the solid fanners of Cayuga and 
the surrounding counties, whether specially tn- 
2 «rcsted in sheep husbandry or not, will come 
en max.se to the Fair,- and that they will do this 
even if the weather should not chance to be as 
favorable as conld be desired. A rainy day does 
not prevent multitudes trom attending a horse- 
trot. Why should It prevent able-bodied farm¬ 
ers from standing by their cause or their breth¬ 
ren ? We trust that the citizens of Auburn, 
•without respect to profession or avocation, will 
feel it incumbent on them to atteud an exhibi¬ 
tion brought to their doors, and intended to 
promote a useful aud important object. And 
wt hope the ladles of Auburn aud of Cayuga Co. 
will grace and gladden us with their presence, as 
Hie ladies of other localities have graced and 
gladdened many a similar exhibition which We 
have attended. Flashing eyes and flattering 
draperies are the prime zest of such ail occasion 
(And we hereby officially stipulate that no ox- 
options shall be taken to the smallest possible 
massed bouuets!) 
The ‘attendance of distinguished sheep breed¬ 
er.-. from out the State is expected to be large. 
t>nr farmers will be happy to meet these men 
jujfl form their acquaintance. Indeed, one of 
the chief pleasures and benefits of all agricultu¬ 
ral festivals is the meeting together of old 
friends and the forming of new ones, at a time 
and place when people assemble to enjoy them- . 
r elves and not to light over political or other 
platforms. These occasional play-spells of the 
farmer arc well-spent episodes in the habitual , 
moil of daily life. They enlarge his views. 
They open his heart. They teach him to look 
beyond that narrow horizon of self, which so 
often shuts in around the man who does nothing 
fcnt toil, toil, toil,—aud who can find no time to 
mingle socially with his fellow men. 
MR. BENEDICT'S INFANTADO EWE '‘PAULINE 
1833, and in company with Mr. Bottum of 
Shaftsbury, two ewes; and Mr. Hammond’s 
Queen 4th (dam of Mr. Hammond’s “Profit”) 
in 1864. They have all been bred uniformly to 
rams of the same stock. 
Bred by Charles >). Benedict, Arlington, 
Vt., got by Hammonds’ Gold Drop, dam a ewe 
bred by Mr. Hammond. Mr. Benedict writes 
us that he purchased twenty-five ewes of Mr. 
Hammond in 1855; four ewes and one ram in 
Stump Machine, —An attache of our office, in com¬ 
pany with several other mechanical experts, attended 
a trial of Willis’ Stamp Machine at Wayland. Liv¬ 
ingston county, on the 24th inst„ at which the largest 
pine etumps (supposed to be the most difficult to ex¬ 
tract,) were in every case drawn from their positions 
with the greatest facility and in very short time, with 
only (lie motive power of a small yoke of steers and 
three men. 
This machine combines great power, strength, sim¬ 
plicity and efficiency, without wheel, cog, screw or 
pulley, and Is simply the Arch! median compound lever, 
having in its construction no one article, which if 
broken or worn, but what can be renewed by any 
blacksmith and wheelwright In every neighborhood. 
Its management is so plain and simple that the com¬ 
monest capacity can apply and control its movements 
with perfect success. The machine can be taken 
apart and loaded on a wagon in ten minutes, and un¬ 
loaded ready for work in the same time. It conld not 
fail of being a profitable Investment as a traveling 
operation to remove stumps by contract. The self- 
evidrnt importance of freeing the field* of stomps, 
especially those recently cleared and those containing 
pine, chestnut and oak, will recommend it to the 
favorable notice of every farmer who is annoyed by 
those unsightly nuisances and absolute obstructions 
to good husbandry. It has also proved itself a supe¬ 
rior machine for moving buildings, large rocks and 
boulders in fields, and for replacing any of the rolling 
stock displaced from rail tracks. 
Condensed Correspondence, Items, &c 
choice animals,—hut the competition has been 
comparatively feeble. Why is this ? Eminent 
breeders of English sheep joined in the call to 
organize flic Association. They were fully rep¬ 
resented in the nominating committee which 
presented Vie names of its original officers. 
From that clay to this, they never have ban voted 
down where they, or any person representing 
them, has asked for the election of an officer or 
officers, or for any right or privilege whatever. 
Their sheep receive equal premiums as far as 
their premiums go; and as great, or a greater, 
aggregate amount of premiums is offered on 
them than is offered on Merinos, in proportion 
to their relative numbers in the country, or in 
proportion to the amount of capita) invested in 
them. The latter reasons, we feel authorized to 
say, however, would weigh nothing, IT the own 
era of the English breeds would exhibit their 
sheep. But can it be expected that an Associa¬ 
tion, supported only by its receipts, will consti¬ 
tute numerous classes, and pay the highest pre¬ 
miums known In our country in those classes, 
when it is perfectly understood that, with here 
aud there an exception, no li rat-rate sheep w ill 
be exhibited in those classes, and that there will 
be nothing like a reasonable degree of competi¬ 
tion in them ? It has repeatedly happened that 
even in the existing classes, no sheep have been 
exhibited, or that third or fourth rate animals 
have been run in from the immediate neighbor¬ 
hood to secure prizes otherwise uneompeted for. 
lias any fault ever been found with the selec¬ 
tion of the viewing committees in the Long and 
Middle wool classes ? We have never heard of 
such a thing. They have uniformly been select¬ 
ed from' well known and experienced breeders of 
those varieties, and from persons kuown to be 
their especial advocates. If those persons have 
not attended, the most competent substitutes 
known to the Executive Committee of Die As¬ 
sociation to be found on the ground, have been 
appointed to fill their places. No respectable 
man will deny these statements. 
If we have repeatedly seen persons at our 
Fairs who came expressly to examine and pur¬ 
chase some of the different varieties of English 
sheep, unable to find prime or any specimens of 
the particular variety they wanted, who is to 
blame for it ? Not the Association, certainly. 
The New York Sheep Breeders' and Wool 
Growers’ Association was not founded or in¬ 
tended for a mere Association of Merino breed¬ 
ers. Its aims were larger. The men who have 
been most active in it, lull well know the great 
value to the country ol the mutton breeds of 
sheep—their superiority to the Merino in vari¬ 
ous situations, 
Recipe to Cleansb Wool.—Hunt Brothers of the 
“North Bloomfield Custom Woolen Mill,” N. Y,, 
send the following recipe for cleansing wool r—“ To 
two pallsful of water add a quart of soft soap and 
half a pint of common salt. Heat from 150 deg. to 
180 deg. or u little warmer than the hand can bear. 
Put in all the wool that, will stir conveniently, and let 
it remain fifteen minutes, moving it in the kettle oc¬ 
casionally. Then take it out, let it drain, return the 
drained liquor to the kettle and add all tire water 
needed. Repeat the process, and occasionally add a 
little soap and salt, After the wool is sufficiently 
drained, simply rinse it out well in cold water and 
you will then have It white and soft. Never let wool 
boil in the liquor as that will fix the gum. render the 
fiber stiff and gray and unfit it to make soft, flexible 
yaru. Fine wool needs more time in the kettle than 
coarse. Taggings may be cleansed in the same man¬ 
ner, by clipping oil' all the hard matter that cannot 
readily be compressed between the thumb and finger.’ ’ 
DAIRY ITEMS, 
Cheese Market, —The Utica Herald publishes re¬ 
ports from Liverpool to April 8. Marquis, Bris¬ 
co & Co. say:—‘ ‘ There has been very little doing 
in American cheese for the week ending April 
5th, and that factors complain that the high 
rates ruling are interfering with the consump¬ 
tion. They put the Imports from October 
1st, 1806 to April 5th, 1867, at 396,068 boxes, 
and for the same time last year ,230. They 
quote, extra fine, per cwt., 67s. to 72s., and good 
60s. to 65s. We may remark that cheese chip¬ 
ped at New York at 19c., costs in Liverpool, 
after paying freight, a trifle over 71s. Our ad¬ 
vices from London and the west of England 
state that cheese js very scarce, and importa¬ 
tions are looked for with interest.” 
Butter from a Farrow Cow in T T inter. — Tell 
your lady correspondent, “Margaret,” who is 
sorely tried lu making butter from a farrow cow 
in winter, that the following method, strictly 
pursued, will relieve her. Let the milk be 
Btraiucd into a clean tin pail, and the pall placed 
in a kettle of boiling water, aud the milk heated 
nearly to the boiling point, taking care not to 
let it boil, then set it in pans for the cream to 
rise. This treatment will cause the cream to 
rise much sooner, and it may be churned, gen¬ 
erally, in less than ten minutes—the butter being 
compact and of a good flavor. In spring, the 
milk should be set in a cool place.— Marion. 
Placenta— Retention. — Sometimes cows cause 
trouble to their owners, occasionally loss also, 
by the retention of the placenta after calving. 
It was the custom among Yankee farmers in old 
times, and is now among dairymen in Herkimer 
Co., as we learn from Mr. Willard, through 
the Utica Herald, to feed cows a mash of bran 
and water as warm as they will take it, as a 
means of removing the obstruction. This usu¬ 
ally proves effective without aid from anything 
else. Another cure is mentioned, consisting of 
sharp cider vinegar, heated nearly to the boil¬ 
ing point, and poured upon bran and fed warm 
to the cow. 
Feeding Calves. — Mr. Lewis, a prominent 
dairyman, Herkimer Co., N. Y., says the Utica 
Herald, feeds his calves milk for the first four 
weeks, when a reduction in quantity is made, 
and whey supplied mixed with oil meal. For 
morning feed, dip the whey from the vat when 
the curd is being scalded, aud when the heat 
has reached about 90 degrees, carry directly to 
the calves and feed. For night’s mess put a 
pound of oil cake in a tub for each calf, scald 
the whey and turn upon the oil cake at boiliug 
heat, this will form a mucilage that will keep 
sweet during the day. Calves fed in this way 
made very thrifty growth. 
Abortion in Cows — Preventive. — Some time 
since a man named Rose appeared before the 
Trenton Union AgT Soc’y, in Oneida Co., and 
stated that he had discovered a certain pre] 
ventlvc to abortion in cows, and offered his se¬ 
cret to the Club for §10,000. The Club thanked 
him for the proffer, and gave assurance that if 
he would make good his pretensions within two 
years, the money asked for should be forthcom¬ 
ing. The proposition is a safe one for the So¬ 
ciety, whether the man succeeds or fails. 
Cheese and Butter — Little Falls. —There is some 
new cheese in this market, though the quantity 
is not very large nor the quality very good — 
being mostly of the skiramed-milk kind. The 
cheese season is not fairly opened yet, and that 
made now is for the home market. Sales were 
made on the 25th ult. at from 12c. to 18c. per 
pound. The butter trade was rather dull, and 
sales were made of small lots at about 25c. as an 
average. 
Preparing Rennet.—A very fine preparation for 
reuuet may be made in this way:—To say six 
rennets, add six lemons, % lb- sago, }£ lb. cin- 
i, and eight gallons of water. Put away 
in a covered jar for use when wanted. 
Diseasbi) Ram. — M. M. Hillman, Fentonville, 
Mich., writesI have a valuable rain which eat* 
liny and chews his end, but refuses grain or roots. 
His eyes do not look well. Ho is etiff and very weak 
ami stand* moat of the time on bis feet. What i# the 
matter with him, und what can I do for him 1 ” It« 
was probably overfed last fall and in the beginning of 
winter—and perhaps worked too hard. Thousands 
of pampered rams die annually with somewhat 
similar symptoms. Some persons administer mild 
tonics and stimulants, but rarely with much avail. 
Others nurse well, keep the bowels and urinary dis. 
charges regular, and trust the rest lo nature. Such 
rams are apt to die before coming to grass, but if they 
survive that period and get well on green feed, they 
usually recover. 
Personal. — The Commissioner of Agriculture has 
appointed S. Edwards Todd of the New York Times, 
who also conducts the Agricultural Department of 
the Independent, to attend the gTeat Parts Exposi¬ 
tion for the purpose of examining the best and most 
useful labor-saving farm Implements, and report a 
description of the same to the Commissioner for pub¬ 
lication in the next volume issued by the Agricultural 
Department. Ills only daughter, Naomi M.. who is 
now teaching In Brooklyn, will go w ith him. They 
will Ntil about the first of June in the Great Eastern. 
No gentleman more capable for this work could have 
been selected. We wish the party a safe and pleas¬ 
ant Journey. 
COWS IN MILK-FOOD 
Sorghum in Connecticut. —The farmers in the 
vicinity of Hartford are said to have done well in the 
sorghum business the past season. The Hartford 
company have exhibited sugars, sirups and Jellies 
of their manufacture pronounced to be of a very su¬ 
perior quality, and which sold at a lair profit, It is 
said to be as easy to grow an acre of cane as one of 
corn, and that 800 gallons Is a fair yield. The manu¬ 
facturing will cost considerably more than the prepa¬ 
ration of corn for market, bat the returns from the 
sorghum will still have a comfortable balance in its 
favor, 
There is considerable variance in the practice 
of tarniera in the management of dairy stock. 
This results less, probably, from conflicting 
views as to the best food for cows in milk, than 
from a consideration of the use to be made of 
the milk obtained. If it is to be sold in its orig¬ 
inal state, quantity will most probably govern 
tbe feeding, and that will be supplied to the 
cows which will produce the greatest flow at the 
least expense. Hence it is that many farmers, 
having ready access to breweries, feed freely of 
the grains obtainable there, or, in the absence of 
these, substitute bran mashes if attainable. For 
a time the product of milk is large, but what is 
gained thus is most generally at the expense of 
the animal’s health, which must, be impaired in 
a few months by this system of feeding. The 
animals grow weak and dispirited, the flow of 
milk decreases, and what is obtained is of a qual¬ 
ity which no experienced aud prudent mother 
would place before her children. It would he a 
much better plan to vary the food of cows; to 
mix with the more invigorating kinds of meal a 
liberal supply of roots and other green food, 
keeping up the health of the cows; improving 
the quality of the milk, and producing an equa¬ 
ble flow of it during a more prolonged season. 
If continuous feeding of bran aud brewer’s 
grains, with little or no other aliment, is injuri¬ 
ous to the animals, and we believe this to be the 
ease, so would be a like course with the more in¬ 
vigorating grains. Corn meal, cooked or other¬ 
wise, fed principally and continuously, will put 
flesh on the cows and impart vigor to their 
bodies, but this will be at the expense of their 
milk-producing powers. It will make beef, but 
diminish the quantity of butter and cheese and 
thus in two ways detract from the expected dairy 
profits. Ail things considered, then, the true 
cousre would seem to be to mix aud vary the 
food as the seasons shall supply the necessary 
means, thereby rendering richer and prolonging 
the flow of milk, while adding to the comfort 
and preserving the health of the dairy stock. 
factl reus— Was held at. Indian spoils Ihe 17th. Some 
fifty factories were represented. The samples Bbowu 
were from the finest cassimeres to the most substan¬ 
tial fabrics— and it was thought that the four hundred 
factories of the State could well supply the people 
with all thc-ir woolen goods —except shoddy. Sev¬ 
eral of the factories have a capital of over $200,000 
each, while ten years ago there were but thirty facto¬ 
ries In the State. J. O. Gkisendokff was President 
and George Merritt Secretary. 
They were willing, and are still 
willing, to go baud in hand with tbe breeders of 
the latter in all efforts to encourage improvement. 
They earnestly desire and invite such fraternal 
co-operation. If there are a vast majority of 
Mbriuo breeders in the State and in the Associa¬ 
tion, let the breeders of English sheep neverthe¬ 
less ask what they want of the Association, aud 
sec how much is refused, before they complain 
that they are overborne or underestimated by 
an interested or prejudiced majority. 
We cordially and earnestly invite the Long 
and Middle wool growers to make an imposing 
display of all the different, varieties of their 
sheep at Auburn. Wc believe they will find 
their account in it. We invite the Canadian 
breeders and importers to exhibit the best stock 
of this kind they have for sale. We know of a 
company now forming buy in this country, 
or import from England, choice specimens or 
flocks of English ehcep. The agents of that 
company will be at Auburn “ to see what can be 
seen.” There is now an extensive call for such 
sheep to meet the new and increasing demands 
of our worsted manufactories. And there is no 
time so suitable to exhibit or examine the wool 
of these or any other kind of sheep, as in the 
spring when their fleeces are out at full length. 
The Southern Farmer. — Several numbers of a 
new agricultural journal with the above title, pub¬ 
lished at Memphis, Tenn., have been received. It is 
owned and conducted by M. W. Phillips, Esq., an 
experienced writer and planter It promises to 
be an acquisition to the farming community, and we 
hope it may prove remunerative to the publisher. It 
commences with the reconstruction of the labor sys¬ 
tem in the State whence It emauates, and will seek to 
aid in securing the best possible results. 
Sweet Corn—Planting.— Sweet com takes high 
rank among the vegetables produced from the garden. 
Commence planting about the first of May aud every 
two weeks thereafter till the commencement of July. 
By this process a succession of sweet corn will ma¬ 
ture sufficiently for cooking till the advent of frost iu 
November. It is a healthful product, and In palata¬ 
bleness is not excelled by any other field or garden 
product. 
Ohio State Fair.— The Executive Board of the 
Ohio State Agricultural Society have published the 
premiums and regulations for the eighteenth annual 
Fair of that State. It will be held in the city of Day- 
ton, commencing on Monday, September 23d, and 
ending on Friday following. There are six depart¬ 
ments in the classification, aud liberal premiums 
offered in each. 
TO BREEDERS OF ENGLISH SHEEP 
In the departments of Long and Middle wool 
cheep (Lcicesters, Lincolns, Cotswolde, South 
Downs, Shropshire Dowms, etc.,) our previous 
State Sheep Fairs have always collected a few 
* We re-publtsh this agreement for the benefit of 
Those who have not already seen it. or properly noted 
its contents: 
New York Central Railroad. ) 
General Superintendent's Office, 
Albant, March lilth, 1867.1 
Be nut S, Randall. Esq., Pres't X. J'. S, 3. B. tf- If. 
if. Association : 
D*au Sir.: — lu relation lo the transportation of 
sheep to and from your Anuual Fair to be held at Au¬ 
burn on the 8th, !>th aud \Qth Java of May 06 x 1 ,1 beg 
bo say that the sheep Intended for exhibition at that 
Pair wtll be shipped by this Company at the regular 
freight rates—Ihe charges in be paid at Auburn' On 
ihe return of the sheep, the owners or persons in 
charge shall exhibit to the Freight Agent at lhat 
place (to whom tbe charges were'paid) a certificate 
torn the Secretary of the Society that the sheep have 
been on exhibition, and have not changed ownership. 
Then the charger previously paid will bo refunded by 
the said Freight Agent; aud the sheep will be billed 
A<<! to the place of shipment, at the owner’s risk of 
loss or damage from any and every cause. No claims 
for refunding will be allowed unless made within ten 
days after the close of Lhe Fair. 
‘ Respectfully yours, Julius A. Spencer, 
Ass’t Superintendent. 
PEDIGREES AT THE FAIR 
COWS - TREATMENT 
“A Constant Reader,” at Manlius, N. Y., 
asks “ If it is necessary to establish full pedi¬ 
grees of sheep, Lo enable them to compete in 
any class at the State Sheep Fair V” It is not. 
Pedigrees, if given, will be made matters of 
record, and in some points of view It is very 
well to give them. But after a full examination 
of the pros and eons of the subject, the State 
Association arrived at the conclusion, which 
has been uniformly ac ted on, that it is inexpe¬ 
dient to require pedigrees as a condition of com¬ 
petition. We heartily subscribe to this view. 
A full-blood that can he beaten by a mongrel, in 
individual qualities, is not worthy of or worth a 
premium. 
The treatment of cows just before and after 
calving is a matter of so much importance that 
a few suggestions in relation thereto may not be 
untimely nor out of place. Keep them in good 
condition and in warm aud separate apartments. 
If their bags be not filled so as to show any 
signs of inflamution, feed potatoes and roots 
which will tend to a flow of milk and produce a 
lax state of the system, strengthen the animal 
and deter inflammation from locating at the head, 
or starting paint of the placenta and prevent 
that end from turning in and coming away as it 
should do. This should follow close on the | namon 
heels of the calf. If it does not, some say take 
Seeds for the South.— At the suggestion of non 
T, C. Peters, the Southern Agent of the Agricultural 
Department, Gen. Schofield, has issued an order 
requiring the registering ofiicers of the several coun¬ 
ties and districts of Virginia to become Agents of the 
Agricultural Bureau to aid in the distribution of the 
$50,001) worth of seeds which Congress supplies to 
the South. 
To Correspondents.—M r. Moore has been absen t 
some weeks on his Southern journey, and is hardly 
expected to return for several weeks to come. This 
fact will explain to numerous correspondents why 
they do not hear from communications that require 
his personal attention. 
