Remarks. —In the Rural, May 13, 1SB5, wa3 
stated a ease of milk fever precisely like that 
recited by “S.,” but with a result entirely differ 
ent. In the first case the animal was treated to 
a solution of saltpetre—a piece the size of a pea 
being dissolved iu water—and poured down the 
throat of the cow by means of a long necked 
bottle; was vigorously rubbed all over with 
wisps of straw and covered over with a thick 
quilt to draw the Internal heat to the surface. 
The rubbing was repeated several times. Warm 
gruel made of bran and flour mixed was poured 
down her throat, as she could not eat anything 
of herself. The rubbing and external warmth 
were kept up; a second dose of dissolved salt¬ 
peter was given twentv-foar hours after the first; 
the bran and flour mixture doses were repeated 
while some young tender grass was put into her 
mouth. The result was that with four days’ 
treatment the cow recovered her feet and got 
well soon after. 
This may be called an exceptional case, since 
cows, thus attacked, rarely recover, so far as 
onr information extends. There are remedies 
prescribed in Jennings’ work on cattle and their 
diseases; also, in Youatt & Martin; but to 
recite them here would add little to what is 
given above, and we therefore omit them. The 
fact that certain cases of milk sickness have 
been successfully treated should stimulate the 
efforts of others whose dairy stock may be thus 
afflicted.— Ed. 
urat ^otc$ and Sterns 
Hating and Harvesting.— The weather has been 
cool but pleasant during the past week —very favora¬ 
ble for baying and harvesting. The grass crop j g 
mostly secured —a good yield, especially on new 
meadows. The wheat harvest, is progressing flnely 
in this region, little or no loss having thus far resulted 
from shelling through over-ripenes-. Many who fear¬ 
fully anticipated a “ wet harvest," have been agreea¬ 
bly disappointed. Our reports of the harvest in 
adjoining States and the West, are generally favora¬ 
ble. and we congratulate grain growers upon their 
possessions and prospects. 
EDITED BT HENRY S RANDALL, LL. D 
Health. —As in all new, warm and highly fertile 
countries, the low, rich river bottoms — especially 
those of Southern Texas, which are covered with a 
boundless profusion of semi-tropical vegetation—are 
not healthy to unacclimated person*. The higher 
lands between these rivers arc usually considered 
healthy where Judicious dispositions are made by the 
emigrant; but the Northern emigrant runs some risk 
of undergoing a "seasoning "course of chills aud 
fever. The hilly regions of the Weet are ns free from 
malaria as any other new countries we ever heard of— 
liar more so, we judge, than were large portions of 
Ohio, Illinois und Michigan when first settled. We 
have known of hundreds of people from the North¬ 
ern, Middle amt Western States who have emigrated 
to the Sheep region presently to be described, and we 
scarcely remember of hearing of one who Incurred 
any disease in the process of acclimation. Great 
number# of invalids, especially of consumptive inva¬ 
lids from the older Southern States, resort to the re¬ 
gion around Sau Antonio for the improvement of 
their health. The native Mexicans used to tell a 
etorv in regard to Ita healtlifuluess which has a regu¬ 
lar Yankee smack to it. They -aid some travelers 
approaching San Antonio met three disconsolate 
looking persons who were hastening away from the 
city. They asked them what was the matter and 
where they were going. The three disconsolate look¬ 
ing persons replied that they had met with reverses, 
that they wished lo die, and were going to someplace 
where people could die! 
Yellow fever is imported Into the coast towns, as It 
is Imported Into New York and Philadelphia, but It 
does not originate In them. Its ravages, as would be 
expected In such a climate, are sometimes severe, but 
it does not penetrate into the hilly region any more 
than it penetrates Into the interior of New York or 
Pennsylvania. 
Times or Planting and Harvesting.— Plowing 
can be done in every month In the year—an Immense 
advantage over northern regions in economising la¬ 
bor. It Is carried on iu January and February for the 
field crops. Early garden vegetables are planted in 
January. In February the prairie# arc green : corn is 
mostly planted; oats, peas, etc., are sown. In March 
fresh pasturage Is quite abundant, the lamb-drop 
takes place, about half the cotton is planted. In 
April the remainder of the cotton Is planted, sheep 
arc shorn ; potatoes, pea#, aud wild berries appear In 
market early iu the month. In May the small fruits 
are harvested; apricots ripen towards its close. In 
June early com Is ready for harvesting; peaches 
ripen. In July cotton ripens, but In the average of 
seasons the main crop does not open freely until the 
firat of August. In the cotton districts, its picking, 
preparation for market arid hauling consume the rest 
of the season until about the close of November. 
December is a plowing, clearing and picking up month. 
The above statements refer to average seasons in 
the central latitudes of the State, and to the ordinary 
farm culture of the main crops. Some of them might 
be grown earlier, and many would ripen if not put 
Into the ground until months laicr Most garden veg¬ 
etables can be planted throughout the season, so as 
to afford a constant repetition of them for the table. 
Wool Production.— As all the inquiries wc have 
received poiul particularly, and some of them exclu¬ 
sively, to this husbandry, we shall give some additional 
details iu respeel to the facilities for carrying it on in 
Texas. Sheep can be grown highly profitably, for 
domestic uses, on the moderately elevated, dry. sound 
land# of all parts of the State. But the sheep region , 
proper— t.liai wlntro t he pasturage is best adapted to ] 
them, both in summer mid winter, where they can, in 
respect to health, be most safely herded in great flocks, 
and where,accordingly, the land being equally cheap, 
wool can be most cheaply grown for exportat ion—lies 
in Western Texas. It is bounded on the east and 
west by the Guadeloupe and Hie Nences, and so far as 
now known, on the north by the Colorado, say from 
Bastrop upwards. 
South of San Antonio this region is generally level, 
descending with a moderate slope to the coast. It 
contains some excellent sheep pasturages as low 
down as the second tier of counties from I he Gulf— 
aud in one of these (Live Oukj is now located our \ 
friend, .John McKenzie, one of the best flock masters 
in Texas. 
llul the billy country, commencing five or six miles 
north of Snu Antonio, is regarded pur excellcnc as the 
eheep region. The hills further towards the north 
become more abrupt, with narrower valleys between, 
until large river bottom: 
American Institute Fair.— The Managers of the 
American Institute announce that Us Thirty-Seventh 
Annual Exhibition will open in the Armory Building 
of the Twenty-second Regiment on Fourteenth street, 
New York, near Sixth Avenue, on Tuesday, the 12th 
day of September and close on the 26th day of Octo¬ 
ber. Inventor-, ariists. manufacturers, proprietors 
of labor-saving machines and those engaged in agri¬ 
cultural and horticultural pursuits are Invited to send 
the best specimens of their several productions. The 
articles will be classified under seven general heads, 
each emhrar.ing seven groups or sub-divisions. The 
general divisions will embrace: Fine Arts and Edu¬ 
cation; Dwellings and their Furnishings ; Dress and 
Handicraft; Chemistry and Minerology; Agriculture 
and Horticulture. Goods received from the 4th to the 
11th of September. 
stands quite unsurpassed in my experience, and I be¬ 
lieve no region of equal extent in the world can show 
equal attractions. It has certainly left such picture# 
in memory as bring it first to mind as a field for emi¬ 
gration, when any motive suggest# a change of my 
own residence." 
Errata —In the preceding number the initial# of 
Mr. Olmstead’s name are given as B. F. His name 
Is Fhkdkriok Law Oi.msteao. We are made to say 
that the severe northers annually “ occupy not over 
forty days." It should be “ not much over forty 
days." 
his domestic supply of grain ami vegetables. His 
sheep, horses, cattle and hogs can be pastured on the 
outlying ranges without his baying the laud or paying 
rent to anybody. Indeed a single man may hire Ids 
board, and keep large flocks aud herds without own¬ 
ing or luring an acre ! This slate of thinge will con¬ 
tinue in portions of the sheep region beyond the lives 
of the present generation. 
Sheep as a general thing are uncommonly healthy, 
and are In better condition the year round than ordi¬ 
narily kept flocks iu Ibe North. Lambs obtain on 
earlier maturity. They arc subject to scab, as must 
always be the case in an unfcnccd country, whose 
scattering sheep are liable to spread it from flock to 
flock. But In escaping the foot-rot of the North the 
advantage still remains in their Ihvor, for the former 
la the most easily and cheaply extirpated disease of 
the two in large flocks. It requires but two or three 
dippings, at short Intervals, in a sirong decoction of 
tobacco to effect a thorough cure. With a proper dip¬ 
ping vat. holding half a dozen sheep at a lime, the 
process can be rapidly performed, and it requires no 
experience or skillful manipulation. Every flock- 
inaster can raise sufficient tobacco as easily as an 
equal patch of corn. The principal cost of growing 
wool, besides first purchase of flock. Is resolved then 
into the cosl of herding, of salt, of shearing, and of 
getttug it lo market . 
The cost of commencing a flock is comparatively 
small. The price of common sheep Iu Texas, several 
grades better than the old Mexican sheep, is uot uow, 
as appears by the statement# of writers in the Texas 
Almanac for 1807, higher than the cost of the common 
sheep in the North. These should he graded up by 
the use of Merino rams. To make the improvement 
rapid and uniform the rams should be of'pqfect purity gf 
blood , and those every way good enongh for the pur¬ 
pose. and having reliable pedigrees, can be purchased 
In New York and elsewhere, In lots of five or ten, for 
one hundred dollars apiece. 
Getelin’s Poultry Brkedino.— This is a portion 
of the title of a small volume on poultry raising com¬ 
mercially considered, with a commendatory preface 
by Charles L. Flint, Secretary of the Massachusetts 
State Board of Agriculture. It treats of natnral and 
artificial hatching, rearing and fattening of poultry 
and also elves directions and illustrations essential to 
such a poultry as tali slim cut as is deemed essential to 
success in poultry breeding on au extended scale. A 
perusal of Us pages cannot fail of Interesting all who 
pay attention to poultry and their products. A. Wil¬ 
liam# & Co , Boston, publishers. 
DAIRY ITEMS 
Sotting Dairy Stock.— L. E. EL, Warsaw, N. Y., 
asks if we know of any considerable dairying 
establishment, in the Genesee country, where 
the system of soiling the cows is exclusively 
practiced. We have no personal knowledge of 
any Institution of this character. That this 
mode of keeping cows is entirely feasible has 
been abuudautly proved, there is no doubt; nor 
is there any risk in saying that sixty acres of 
good arable land, in Genesee, will supply ample 
food for twenty-live or thirty cows, and a cor¬ 
responding number of the porcine persuasion, 
if desirable. It ought also to supply the ali¬ 
ment for a team, and will do so if properly 
managed. Well cultivated, and with crops suit¬ 
ably diversified, an acre and a half of good land 
will supply the food for a cow, on the soiling 
principle, for a year, with something to spare. 
But to do this nothing must be allowed to go 
to waste. By saving all the manure which the 
stock on such a quantity of land would produce, 
aud a judicious application of it, those sixty 
acres would he kept in good heart while the 
sun shine# aud water runs. 
Clean!)new— Butter Making. —Cleanliness is es¬ 
sential in all the department# of dairying, but 
especially important in the manufacture of but¬ 
ter. This implies a clean udder in the cow be¬ 
fore drawing the milk therefrom; clean hands 
on the part of the milker, and well scoured and 
sweet vessels for the reception of the fluid drawn 
from the cows. Vessels made of w r ood, except 
in the winter season, are not the best for the 
reception of milk or cream, if intended to re¬ 
main long iu them. In making butter, cleanli¬ 
ness and care are indispensable to the produc¬ 
tion of an article such as butter should be for 
domestic purposes. If the milk is drawn from 
a dirty udder with foul hands ; put into soured 
or unclean vessels, the cream, from such milk, 
cannot be converted into butter fit to be eateu. 
Of all the elements entering into the economy 
of the table, dirty and ill-w orked butter is tbe 
most nauseous and disgusting. Therefore, we 
repeat, be cleanly in all your operations in the 
production of butter. 
Rancid Butter. —We have seen butter, left 
open tfy*the air, rendered offensively rancid in a 
few days by such exposure. When this change 
occurs it is customary to throw the mass into 
the receptacle for soap grease. This 1# au un¬ 
necessarily wasteful practice, since the butter 
can be restored to au eatable condition with lit# 
tie trouble aud expense. The process of resto¬ 
ration is as followsTo a pint of water add 
thirty drops (about half a teaspoonful) of liquor 
of chrolidc of lime. Wash in this tw o aud a half 
pounds of rancid butter. When every particle 
of the butter has come iu contact with the water, 
let it stand an hour or two; then wash the but¬ 
ter well in pure water. The butter is then left 
without any odor, and has the sweetness of fresh 
butter. These preparations of lime have noth¬ 
ing injurious iu them. 
Cheese Making — Cheshire. —It seems that the 
cheese makers of that famous English district 
called Cheshire are taking steps towards the 
introduction of the factory system of cheese¬ 
making tliere. A meeting has been held, with 
a view to the change proposed, at which the 
reasous for the movement were given. Among 
these was the difficulty encountered by small 
farmers in obtaining tbe necessary help, male 
and female, to carry on their dairy operations 
—difficulties which factories, centrally located, 
would readily obviate. The American system 
was discusseS, and a committee appointed to 
effect an organization on the plan pursued in 
this country. 
Cheese Making— Canada. —An exchange says : 
Cheese making is carried on to a greater extent 
than is generally supposed in Eastern Canada. 
Forty-one hundred and thirty cows supply milk 
for the making of 7,235 pounds of cheese-daily. 
Iu the county of Missisquoi there are five fac¬ 
tories, iu Broome four, and besides those men¬ 
tioned there are only four other cheese factories 
in Lower Canada—one in Melbourne, one in 
Stanstcad, one in Compton, and one at South 
Stukely. 
Preservation of Milk. —A Mr. Lussac has 
proved, by experiments, that milk, placed in a 
vessel from which the air is excluded, will keep 
perfectly sweet for months. The air should be 
exhausted, and the vessel be sealed up till it# 
stores are granted for use. 
IMPORTS OF WOOL UNDER THE TARIFF 
An Ohio correspondent writes ue“ Yon say the 
wool tariff is shutting off importations of foreign 
wool. What are the figures ?" The wool tariff did 
not become a law until March , 1867. The following 
table gives the imports, at New York, for the first 
six months of that and the preceding year : 
No. of Weight, Entered 
Bales. Hi*. Value. 
England. 7,136 8,0S6,3«5 *607,013 
Argentine UepubUc. 0,330 4,112,904 879.152 
France. 8,846 1.2A1.S11 161,509 
Africa. 98,830 17,918 
Brazil. 1,120 738,6:19 118 ,«K3 
New Grenada. 14 2,181 279 
Dutch West Indies. 6 2,270 217 
Mexico..,. 1,717 1.390,107 229,658 
Russia. 4,135 1,515,359 309,187 
British East Indies. 100 83,600 5,475 
British Australia. 1,104 407,025 101,372 
Total. 25,522 12,998.681 *2,233,907 
Same time, 1866 . 41,177 28,176,950 4,o: 1,431 
Crops, Ac.. in Eastern Ohio. —A subscriber, 
writing ns from Harrison Co., Ohio, July 12, says: 
“ We are now iu the tnidst of our harvest. I am now 
on the farm I have lived on forty years, and never have 
seen so large a crop of grass. Wheat but little sown, 
btit uniformly excellent. Oats and barley are good. 
Com—large amount plauted; a little late, but prom¬ 
ises finely. Fralt not abundant. Bat our business 
here Is that of wool growing, Harrison, for Its area, 
Is No. l In the State of Ohio for quantity and quality 
of sheep But. here, where land is $100 per acre, we 
never can live at 38 cents per pound for wool,” 
Taxing Dog.— Among the 16.000 articles subject to 
taxation under the existing tariff there is not one 
more legitimately taxed than would be the dogs If in¬ 
cluded in the list. It is assumed that there are in the 
United States fully 6even millions of dogs, which if 
rated properly would produce as many millions of 
dollars to the Treasury. Such an Impost. It Is argued, 
would improve the breed of docs, as no person would 
keep a poor one If compelled to pay a good round 
tax on the animal. A dollar Impost in addition to 
that of ti e State would be very likely to produce a 
general jicl If nothing else. 
THE N. E. FARMER ON THE SITUATION 
We are much gratified to sec that the old, solid 
New England Farmer, so ably conducted by Gov. 
Brown and his associates, quotes with approbation 
the letter of Hon. Mr. Grtnnell of Iowa, and from 
our own accompanying remarks, recently published 
in this paper, in regard to the wool clip of 1867, the 
causes of the present situation, and the future pros¬ 
pects of wool husbandry $indtw the workings of the 
present tariff. The substantia) wool growers of the 
country will be glad to learn that Gov. Brown aft'ords 
no " aid or comfort" to our croakers and weak-kneed 
alarmists. » 
Those witilling to take 
out a few pure blood ewes of equal quality, a# a nursery 
lo raise rams from, can obtain them st the same prices. 
Sheep husbandry in Texas has some drawbacks. 
The Indian# are somewhat troublesome in the fron¬ 
tier counties, though they make their thieving excur¬ 
sions after homes aud cattle rather than sheep, be¬ 
cause the latter caunot be driven off fast enough to 
escape pursuit. There is little doubt that these pests 
will he so llir subdued or driven back, before the pres¬ 
ent Indian war doses, that they will occasion no fur¬ 
ther Inconvenience. 
We taavo alluded to the northers. They do not, at 
worst, compare with the wild winter storms of the 
Northern States, in w hich the temperature often ginks 
thirty or forty degrees low er. Ae already stated, ani¬ 
mal# are easily protected from them. The shelter of a 
dense grove, or escarped hill, ordinarily renders even 
young lambs safe from such of them as occur in tbe 
yeauiug season; though, as In the North, untimely 
storms of extraordinary severity sometimes occasion 
considerable loss. On the whole, we believe that the 
present per ventage of increase in lambs i# quite as 
great as in any part of the North, with all the arti¬ 
ficial aud costly shelter provided in the latter—and 
that with the rudest sheds the advantage would be 
in favor of the former. 
The drouths to which the sheep region of Texas is 
exposed constitute the greatest natural drawback on 
its advantages. These in occasional years are severe, 
but they have never iu a single instance compared In 
intensity or duration with those which periodically 
visit the great sheep growing countries of Australia 
and the Cape of Good Hope. We know of no years 
in w'hicb they have destroyed the grass sufficiently to 
cause the actual starvation of sheep. In the severest 
Texas drouth within our recollection Mr. Kendall 
carried through a number of thousand sheep without 
any material loss atul without their becoming poor 
and weuk, We watched the straggle with keen inter¬ 
est, for he kept us apprized of the state of things every 
week. There was alarm, additional trouble, and noth¬ 
ing more. The trouble consisted in driving the sheep 
further out daily after feed, but this, if w'e remember 
aright, in no case exceeded four or live miles from 
their dally starting point, and we think they returned 
to their pens at uight—making the greatest distance 
traversed in going and coming eight or ten miles—not 
half the. distance which sheep are ordinarily driven 
every day iu summer to procure their food in a great 
portion of Australia, and not in the aggregate to be 
compared with the annual migrations of the sheep of 
Spain after pasturage. 
The only other drawback which we know of is dis¬ 
tance from market, Boerne, the capital of Kendall 
county, is 30 miles north or San Antonio, and the lat¬ 
ter is 150 miles by the road from Port Lavacca, 30 of 
which tire by railroad, San Antonio, the principal 
city of Western Texas, already contains 15,000 inhab¬ 
itants, aud is growing and increasing in business 
with great rapidity. It is impossible to suppose, 
therefore, that it will not soon be connected with the 
sea coast by railroad, and this must at no distant day 
be intercepted by railroads which will connect it with 
the other cities of Texas and with New Orleans. 
Wore we disposed to wander from a cold profit and 
loss accotiut aud paint au arcadiau scene, we should 
add a good many other touches to our picture of this 
region—its beautiful scenery, its crystal rivers stocked 
with fish, its forests abounding in deer, wild turkeys, 
and other game, its abundance of wild fruits, and that 
coincidence of climate and soil which renders life 
most agreeable, and its necessaries and comforts 
most easily attainable. But we will close with a re¬ 
mark of our accomplished and widely traveled friend. 
Mr. Olmstead, Speaking of Western Texas gener¬ 
ally he says:—“ Of the genial portion (i. e. exclusive 
of ’the barren wastes bordering the Rio Grande.") I 
have already spoken with unfeigned enthusiasm. For 
sunny beauty of scenery and luxuriance of soil it 
Bjunkxuboff's Corn-Skeller, Separator and 
Cleaner— a cut and advertisement of which will be 
found on our last page—is one of the few patent ma¬ 
chines about which there is no humbug. This shelter 
was described and commended iu the Rural of Jan. 
12th, last, uftor we had examined and tested it, and 
we can safely reiterate all then said in Its favor. 
Hence we believe no one will be cheated in purchas¬ 
ing the machine, or the right to manufacture and sell 
the same. 
MILK FEVER IN COWS.-IS THERE NO 
REMEDY 1 
From the recent dissemination of veterinary 
information by means of the Agricultural Press 
and the issue of several highly extolled works on 
Diseases of Cattle, I had supposed that common 
diseases, or at least attacks which arc incident 
to cattle, were generally recognized by those in¬ 
terested in dairy forming — especially by those 
extensively engaged iu that department of Agri¬ 
culture. A recent case which occurred uuder 
the observation of tbe writer, served to dispel 
the illusion that dairy farmers inform them¬ 
selves, to any extent, on the subject. A cow, in 
first rate condition, calved and recovered appa¬ 
rently so as to be feeding properly, until about 
twenty-four hour.- after. She then refused food 
or warm drink and rapidly assumed a feverish 
condition. In a few hours she became vio¬ 
lently irritated by pain, ceased to evacuate, laid 
down in the stable and never rose again. 
Half a pound of salts was administered four 
hours after the sickness appeared, but without 
any effect. She died just twenty-four hours 
after exhibiting the first symptoms. The calf 
was her fourth or tilth one, and continues strong 
and healthy. No veterinarian being within reach, 
none was consulted. Two experienced dairy 
farmers, however, were called to give advice, 
oue of whom recommended the salts. Tbe other 
bledlier the tail , and bored her horns, not hoping, 
however, to do any good thereby. 
Now my object is to urge on dairy farmers, and, 
indeed, on all intelligent ruralists who may, even 
incidentally, be brought in contact with farm 
animals, to observe aud study, if need be, the 
diseases incident to them,— those at least which 
are well understood and described in all reliable 
rural papers^ and standard veterinary works. 
Having very little to do with the care of cattle, 
and having quite enongh in my own department 
of business to attend to, I have heretofore read 
but little on this subject. I found, however, in 
the valuable volumes of the Rural several cases 
described of this very disease, but without auy 
information which could be of benefit. Oue of 
these states that water, too soon given, is an 
evil, bHt an experienced veterinarian to whom 
I pointed out the articles, declared water to 
be harmless iu the case. The cases quoted in 
the Rural he states were clearly “ milk ” or 
“puerperal fever,” as was the recent case above 
described. This I presume is a common disease 
in the animal as in the human subject; yet why 
can any man owning a large dairy of cows afford 
to be ignorant of the symptoms and the hope¬ 
lessness of a remedy. Is there no probable 
remedial measure# to he resorted to as our veter¬ 
inary friend asserts ? s. 
Philadelphia, July, 1867. 
The Plastic Slate for roofing aud other purpo¬ 
ses, advertised iu this paper, we believe to be worthy 
the attention of the public. As a roofing material 
this slate Is rapidly increasing iu favor at the East, 
and is evidently destined to become a popular institu¬ 
tion all over the country. Our readers will learn more 
of its merits ere long—as soon as we have space for 
special notices and advertisements on the subject. 
The Turf, Field and Farm— Has Just commenced 
its fifth volume, enlarged and improved. With its 
extensive correspondence, progressive spirit, and 
elevated course relative to turf matters, this ably 
conducted journal merits the success it is achieving. 
Published weekly by S. D. Bruce & H. Millard, New 
York, at $5 per annum. 
A Stump Machine among old Apple Trees.— Last 
Tuesday Mr. Willis used Ms Stump Machine in pull¬ 
ing apple trees on the premises of Mr. Wm. Purcell, 
Lake avenue, this city. The trees were quite large, 
but thirteen were taken out easily in about an hour. 
To spectators the operation was highly satisfactory. 
are reached. The present 
center of its sheep husbandry is Kendall county, ap¬ 
propriately named after George Wilkins Kendall, 
who first practically demonstrated the special adapta¬ 
tion of the country to that husbandry on u large scale, 
and whose racy and able writiugs on the subject have 
attracted thither emigrants from all parts of the 
United States and Europe. Mr. Kendall has exhib¬ 
ited the rare merit of showing both sides of the 
medal—of stating drawbacks as well as advantages, 
failures as well as successes—and it is this candor 
which has given such a wide influence 10 hie writiugs. 
We have not space, nor is it now necessary to de¬ 
scribe the whole area of the sheep region as we have 
bounded it; aud wo shall confine our aitentioutoa 
group of about a dozen counties lying around Ken¬ 
dall. Thu soil is generally good, dry aud sound 
Streams arc quite abundant, uud they are generally as 
clear as crystal—the water pure and wholesome. 
Springs are frequent, and oftentimes of extraordinary 
volume. There is much valuable timber on the larger 
water-courses, and groves of post-oak, affording mast 
for innumerable hogs, abound on the bottoms. The 
hills are usually mostly bare of vegetation except grass. 
The last consists of varieties of the mesquit, proba¬ 
bly the flnost natural grass for sheep in the world, 
aud quite cqaal to the wMte clover of the North. It 
is short, fine, exceedingly palatable aud nutritious, 
withstands drouths well, and springs np like magic 
after every shower. It is not killed entirely down by 
the short winter, and with sufficient range (which 
is everywhere attainable) entirely subsists flocks 
throughout tbe year, so that no artificial food is pro¬ 
vided for them.* The hilly region? are destitute of 
fencing timber, and the sheep are herded by shep¬ 
herds and dogs. New lands, in the less tMckly set¬ 
tled neighborhoods, can be obtained from one to two 
dollars per acre. It is only necessary for the emigrant 
to secure a homestead, including enough land to raise 
* We are of opinion, however, that it would he better 
economy in the long run, and give a greater feeVny of 
securltv, as well as actual security, to the CoeU-masler, 
to provide a small supply of hay or other fodder, to he 
fed out occasionally in severe storms, i>; :e)allj if they 
occur durimr the lambing season, wh- r 'be young an 1- 
mala cannot b# dropped or follow dm ihelr dams'with 
safety ou ibe open range A few stack.' of bay placi d 
near "the folds, would cost but little, and If not used 
would remain good several years If properly thatched. 
Interesting to Advertisers. — Elans' Advertiser's 
Hand-Book is the title of a neat 40-page pamphlet re¬ 
cently issued by Mr. T. C. Evans, Advertising Agent, 
129 WasMngton-st., Boston, Mass It purports to 
contain “ a complete list of the Religious, Agricultu¬ 
ral and Literary Publications in the United states 
aud British Provinces, together with valuable sugges¬ 
tions to advertisers.” The contents are quite inter¬ 
esting, many of the suggestions being most truthful, 
timely and wise, — showing that Mr. Evans under¬ 
stands the important science of advertising. For ex¬ 
ample, hero is a paragraph which very clearly shows 
the great superiority of such a journal as the Rural 
New-Yorker, ae au advertising medium, compared 
yvith ordinary newspapers; 
*' While receiving advertisements for all the lead¬ 
ing newspapers of a political and business character 
in the country, be yet designs to continue the spe¬ 
cialty, which he originated, of advertising in Reli¬ 
gious. Agricultural and Litehakv Journals. A 
moment' reflection wifi convince the reader of the 
VAST superiority of this class of paper? as advertis¬ 
ing media. They circulate almost exclusively among 
those \yho are able to buy and wifi buy the best of 
everything; who encourage improvements in science, 
art, and article? of practical value Their very char¬ 
acter carries 11 weight of recommendation with it that 
no mere political or commercial paper can possess. 
With them advertising Is not the main source of reve¬ 
nue, and they therefore are able to discriminate 
between announcements of valuable aud worthless 
good#, selecting only those which will do no discredit 
to their columns. So that an aihertisemeut of any 
article in papers of tMs class is a virtual endorsement 
of the claims which it sets np by the conductors of 
the journal in which it appears." These papers are 
preserved for weeks, often for years: read aud re¬ 
read by multitudes besides the original subscriber or 
purchaser, while journals which are occupied with a 
mere record of the events of the dav, with politics 
and busiuess, are ordinarily cast aside and speedily 
destroyed. Thus the advertiser in Religious, Rural, 
Literary and Family Journals ha# the two-fold advant¬ 
age of a circulation largely increased beyond its orig¬ 
inal limits, and of what is stifi more important the 
probability that bis announcement wifi remain a tong 
time before the eyes of those whose attention he 
wishes to attract." 
