introduced had to be examined shortly after, to see 
that the young riueen was succeeding, so that the 
bees may not be without a queen altogether; and if 
this should take place, they had only to be supplied 
with another in the same way. 
All these operations were performed upon the 
bees without the least difficulty, and without ever 
These things 
ttr&I flotcs anfc Jferns 
Oub New Half Volume.— The second half of Volume 
XIX. of the Rural commences with this number, under 
favorable auspices. We are encouraged in many ways, 
and shall endeavor to furnish a better paper during the 
ensuing six months than ever before. Indeed, grateful 
for the large and increasing measure of confidence and 
support accorded to this journal, we shall spare no proper 
effort or expense to render it more acceptable and valua¬ 
ble. And we frankly ask all its friends who can consist¬ 
ently do so to aid us in extending the circulation and 
thereby augmenting the usefulness of the Rural New- 
Yorker, Any and every assistance in furtherance of this 
object will he gratefully appreciated and acknowledged. 
EDITED BT HUSKY 3. 
To Correspondents.— Mr, Randall's address Is Cortland 
Village, Cortland Co., N. T. All communications Intended 
for this Department, and all inquiries relating to sheep 
should be addressed to him as above. 
receiving a single sting from them, 
are performed with ease, partly on account of the 
hives which are used, which give ready access to the 
hives, and partly because before proceeding to work 
amongst the bees, they were slightly smoked. This 
has the effect of subduing them, and making them 
more easily handled. 
•whether they will disregard the “ buyers' rules” or 
not, In their sales of wool; and we promised to pub¬ 
lish lists of those answering in the affirmative and 
negative. To take on ourselves a share of this work, 
we addressed a circular of which the following is 
substantially (in most cases, literally,) a copy, to all 
the wool houses known to ns, in New York aud Bos¬ 
ton, engaged in selling domestic wools on commis¬ 
sion. These comprised thirty such houses in the 
former city, and eighteen in the latter: 
Cortland Village, N. Y., June 22,1868. 
Gentlemen:—W ill you please inform me whether you 
sell unwashed or other domestic wool for consignors “on 
its merits.’’— i- e., according to the actual quality and con¬ 
dition of each separate lot, without having reference to a 
one-third or any other positive rate of deduction, in case 
it does not come up to the standard of Clean, merchant¬ 
able wool. An early answer will greatly oblige. 
Your ob’t servant, 
Henry S. Randall. 
We have up to the date of this writing i Juue 26th,) 
received replies from the following list of persons 
and firms. We have not room to publish their let¬ 
ters, but in the subjoined notes will attempt to give 
as fair an analysis as practicable, in brief terms, of 
what is important in the purport of each. 
New York. 
12.) Armstrong. Follett & Co., 47 Broadway. 
(1.) B. I 3 . Baker & Co., 41 Broadway. 
(8.) Walter Brown & Co., 58 Broadway. 
(6.) Henry A. Dike, 45 Broadway. 
/I.) Greene & Sikbert, 49 Broadway. 
<4.) Hallowell & Co., 35 Broadway. 
(5.) Hill & Chapman, 60 Pine St. 
(1 .) James Lynch. 18 & 20 Broadway. 
<3.1 Mackinnon & Leed. 88 Broadway. 
(8.) Thomas H. Maghee & Co., 24 So. William St. 
<1.) Patterson, Son A Co., 20 & 28 Barclay St. 
<3.) Richard s. Perkins, 60 Broadway. 
(1.) Porter <te Thayer, 48 Broadway. 
. (2.) Joseph Ripley <fc Son, 08 Pine St. 
(6.) Strang, Platt & Co., 37 Broadway. 
(0.) W. K. Strong & Co., 51 Broadway. 
(7.) Tellkampf & Hitching Bros., 63 Broadway. 
Boston. 
<2.) Batly. Jenkins & Garrison, 164 Congress St. 
<7.) Geo. W. Bond & Co,. 132 Federal St. 
(3.) Chamberlain, Bro’s & Co., 117 Federal St. 
<3.) Dknny. Rice & Co., 49 Franklin St. 
04.) .T. P. Flaw & Co., 107 Milk St. 
(V) John A. Fowle & Co., 67 Federal St. 
(1.) Hallowell & Colburn. 98 Federal St. 
(5.) William Hilton V Co., 107 Congress St. 
(1.) Thomas McGraw & Co., lOOJCongress St, 
(3.) George F. Moore & Co , 5 Chaunlng St. 
<8.) Nichols, Parker & Dupee. 103 Federal St. 
(3.) D. B. Sparhawk, 87 Milk St.. (64 New St., N. Y.) 
<1.) Daniel Stantford, 107 Congress St. 
(3.) James Vila & Co,, 51 Federal St. 
(1.) These state that they uniformly sell all wool 
on its merits, and either state or leave it to be in¬ 
ferred that they thus obtain more favorable terms 
than would be secured under the buyers’ rules. 
(2.) These merely state that they uniformly sell 
wool on its merits. 
(3.) These declare that they will (meaning, if so 
directed by consignors,) sell wool in any condition 
on its merits. 
<4.) These offer to sell wool on its merits, bnt con¬ 
sider it difficult to sell unwashed or unmerchantable 
wool favorably. 
(5.) These uniformly do or will sell unwashed or 
unmerchantable wool on its merits, when it com¬ 
poses an entire lot, or when there is enough of it in 
a mixed lot to sell by itself — but will not separate 
out a small parcel from a mixed lotto sell separately. 
(This probably means same as next.) 
(6.) These sell unwashed, Ac., lots of wool on 
their merits, but avow that they allow one-third dis¬ 
count to the buyer on such wool where it is mixed 
with washed. 
(7.) These sell unwashed, &c., wool on its merits, 
but think it generally requires more than one-third 
deduction to make it salable. 
(8.) These sell unmixed lots on their merits—but 
do not say what they null do in cases of mixed lots. 
It will be seen that not one of the above wool 
houses practically adopts the buyer*' rules in form or 
essence, and but few adopt any portion of them. 
This is a striking commentary on that pretence 
which has been put forward by so many country 
buyers that the enforcement of their rules is made 
necessary by the demands of the trade! 
Another point is clearly shown, viz.,..that the 
growers are not at all at the mercy of those com- 
r oma v iions of country buyers who are seeking to 
coerce them into submission to their unjust and 
•odious rules. Those whose parcels are too small to 
send separately to the city wool houses, can unite 
with their neighbors in making up proper sized lots 
to command attention. We sincerely hope that, 
•rather than submit to the buyers’ combinations, the 
great body of our wool growers will try the experi¬ 
ment of sending the present clip to the city wool 
merchant’s for sale... But in doing this l^t every man 
or body of men act with their eyes open. The mere 
■summary of the answers we have given should not, 
without further information, be deemed a sufficient 
ground lor making consignments to particular 
houses. Prior contracts should be made, or prior 
stipulations obtained in every case, Every wool 
house of reputation will readily make these in an¬ 
swer to plain interrogatories, especially when based 
on a statement of facts. Let the grower write the 
wool merchant something like the following“ i 
have 500 washed -Merino ewes’ fleeces, 500 do. un¬ 
washed, and 100 unwashed rams’ fleeces. Will you 
sell each of these kinds of wool in the lot on its 
separate merits, 5. e,, according to its actual quantity 
and condition, without the least regard to the one- 
third or any other fixed rates of shrinkage 7 If so, 
please state your terms.” 
Many of the wool merchants in the above list are 
universally reputed to be men of the highest char¬ 
acter, Their charges, so far as we know, are mod¬ 
erate. If pledged to no contrary course, and they 
will expressly agree to sell on specified and satisfac¬ 
tory conditions, it would seem to be as safe to trust 
them as any other class of merchants or agents who 
sell commodities on commission. And, in ®ur view, 
it is certainly greatly preferable to submitting to the 
certainty of wrong as well as insult from an aggres¬ 
sive combination. 
Harvest Prospects. — Iu the Southern States the 
wheat harvest is over, and, a.- a whole, according to re¬ 
ports, the yield is below the uma! average. In this State 
the promise is better than usual, while in the States of 
Pennsylvania, Ohio, Indiana. Illinois. Michigan, Wiscon¬ 
sin, Iowa, Minnesota, Missouri and Kansas, an aieiage 
yield is anticipated. In Southern Ohio, Indiana and Illi¬ 
nois. the harvest commenced last week, with results 
quite as good generally as was anticipated. Much of the 
wheat in the Western States is of the spring variety, and 
promises better than that of the winter kind. 
The prospects of other grains,—oats, rye and barley,— 
are decidedly good, while corn is generally backward. 
There is time enough, however, to mature the crop, and 
no apprehensions are entertained in regard to it. 
The hay prospect was never better in the Eastern and 
Central States, and with a favorable time for cutting and 
saving, the winter provision for farm stock will be ample 
to carry them through in prime order. 
“YOUNG EUREKA,” 
thorough - bred Infantado ewe. Young Eureka’s 
second fleece, of one year's growth, was 24 lbs.; 
carcass 110 lbs. Shorn May 6th, 1868. Purchased 
of J. A. Wright of Middlebury, Vt., Sept., 1867.” 
Late Swarming. —Very strong stocks, which have 
thrown off no early colonies or but one, sometimes 
divide again very late in the season, and, unless it be 
a very favorable one for the accumulation of stores, 
the colony will winter-kill for the lack of food. 
To prevent these late flights sufficient room for all 
to work should be furnished and the necessary air 
supplied to keep them from sweltering and becom¬ 
ing uneasy because of restricted space and want of 
adequate ventilation. They should be aided, too, if 
necessary, in tbe expulsion of their parasite eue- 
mies, thus relieving them from a species of irritation 
highly prejudicial to their well-being by rendering 
them dissatisfied with their old home. 
The property of A. Arnold, Avoca. Steuben Co , 
N. Y. Mr. Arnold writes us: —“He was got by 
Eureka, owned by S. S. Rockwell of Corn wall, Vt. j 
he by Wm R. Sanford's Comet. His dam was a 
The Cattle Disease.— At a gathering of farmers in 
Marion Township, Pa., with reference to the cattle dis¬ 
ease, some parties pretended to have cures for it, but re¬ 
fused to explain their mode ol treatment unless paid a 
round sum for the secret. As they generally lost two- 
thirds or more of the animals treated, it was suggested 
that they should be compelled to disclose the cuaracter 
of their prescriptions that others might avoid their use. 
This is rather hard on venders of secret nostrums, but 
probably not more severe than just. 
Illinois State Fair.— At the Hiinois State Fair, to be 
held at Quincy Sept. 21—20, cash premiums to the amount 
of Jit,000 will be paid. In addition to this, there will he 
distributed two hundred aud sixty-eight silver medals, 
valued at fifteen hundred dollars. Competition from 
abroad, with a few exceptions in the mechanical depart¬ 
ment, is invited. There will be, as usual, the customary 
awards for horses, but racing will be interdicted. 
Chloroforming Bees.— It is recommended by 
some, when bees settle in places from which it is 
difficult to remove them, to place a clean cloth 
under them, and another saturated with chloroform 
over the sws.rm. In a short time they will become 
stupified and drop upon the lower cloth. They can 
then be gathered into a fresh and well prepared 
hive, and when resuscitated placed on the bee 
stand. Tobacco smoke or that produced from burn¬ 
ing punk will probably answer just as weB, and can 
be more safely used. 
Provincial Exhibition. — The preparations for the 
Provincial exhibition at, Hamilton, commencing Sept. 
21st, arc well advanced, according to the Canada Farmer. 
It wifi he a combined ehow of the Agricultural, Horticul¬ 
tural, and the- Mechanic Associations-each department 
having a special day for presenting its claims to public 
favor. 
A Promising Wheat Field.— The edlt®r of the Contra 
Costa (Cal.) Gazette, referring to the generally promising 
appearance of the wheat fields in that region, mentions 
one near San Leandro, which ir put down at sixty bush¬ 
els to the acre. We should he pleased to have a look at 
such a field—doubly so to see the yield measured. 
TAMING WILD HORSES 
Some men profess the ability, by the aid of certain 
compounds or charms, to subject the wildest and 
most viciouB houses to a docile state in a very short 
time. Though doubtiDg the efficacy of this mode of 
taming, we give the process for what it is worth, 
while the reader may try oT not as faith or curiosity 
may prompt. The recipe is as follows,': 
1. Take finely grated horse castor, oils rhodium 
and cumin; keep these iu separate bottles, well 
corked; put some of the oil of cumin on your hand, 
and approach the horse on the windy side. He will 
then move towards you; then rub some of the cumin 
on his nose, give him a little of the castor on any¬ 
thing he likes, and get eight or ten drops of the oil 
of rhodium on his tongue; you can then get him to 
do anything you like. Be kiud aud attentive to the 
animal, and your control iB certain. 
2. Give the horse a little castor on a piece of apple 
or potato. But eight drops of oil of rhodium into a 
lady’s thimble, fake the thimble between your 
thumb and middle linger of the right- hand, with the 
fore-finger stopping the mouth of tbe thimble to 
prevent the oil from running out while you are open¬ 
ing his mouth. As soon as you have opened the 
horse's mouth, tip the thimble over upon his 
tongue, and he is your servant. He will follow 
you like a pet dog. 
Farmers’ and Mechanics’ Clue. Clay.— At a recent 
meeting of the Farmers' and Mechanics’ Club, Clay, On¬ 
ondaga Co., the following officers were chosen: Pres't— 
John F. Mochell. Vice-P res'ts—’E. F. Reese, Josiah H. 
Young. SfPy —Granville Baum. Cor . Sec'y— Martin H. 
Blytin. Trees.— Artemas Baum. 
Condensed Correspondence, Items, &c 
probably be more convincing among strangers man iur- 
tber testimony * immediate neighbors, who, however 
unquestionable their integrity or skill in wool matters, 
are less widely known. 
Wool Growers’ Resolutions.— At the Sixth Annual 
Fair of the Thom Hill (N. Y.) Farmers’ Club, held the 
17th inst., the following resolutions were presented and 
unanimously adopted: 
Resolved, That while we counsel tbe preparation and 
putting np of wool in an lioneet and uniform manner, 
washed or unwashed, we hold that the price of every lot 
should be fixed upon its own merits, as the prices of 
other products are justly determined. 
Resolved, That arbitrary rules of shrinkage and one 
price, without discrimination as to quality tend to break 
down the production oi the better classes of wool, and to 
discourage honesty in the pu-ting np of all grades. 
Resolved, That to effectually defend our interests, we 
will firmly refuse submission to these arbitrary, unneces¬ 
sary and uDjust rules of buyers in every instance. 
Allen Brown. Sec’y, 
A Heavy CBor of Grasshoppers. — The Gate City, 
(Keokuk, Iowa,) reports the grasshoppers in the Des 
Moines region as being without precedent iu numbers. 
They were, at the time the notice was made, about half 
grown, and estimated at forty bushels to the acre, and, 
when fhlly matured, plump eighty basheie. 
Editorial Change.— The Farmer’s Chronicle, Colum¬ 
bus, O., announces that with the commencement of its 
second volume the departments of Agriculture and Hor¬ 
ticulture in that paper will be under the supervision of 
S. G. Innis, Esq., a practical man oi experience and fine 
ability. _ 
prietor of the rams, for his proofs, lie has answered by 
forwarding the following affidavits:—1. That ot W illard 
Springer deposing thar he was present at the shearing 
match in question—“ saw the sheep alt shorn and the 
fleeces weighed—owns the steelyards used, and knows 
them to be correct." He says nothing of th8 weights of 
the fleeces. 2. Richard R, Losee, Delos L. Dodgson, 
Fisher Lincoln. J. E. Van De Bogart and .Tames W. 
"Wood Testify that they were present at the shearing— 
“ saw the sheep all shorn, and assisted in weighing the 
fleeces—and know the report published in the Rural 
New-Yorker, June 0th, to be correct.” 3. James R. 
Lang worthy, William Sawens, William oons. W m. 
D. Howard, Wilson Baker, Rufus Carter, Warren 
Lincoln. U. D. Van De Bogart and Wm. a. Cole Testify 
that they were present at the shearing, ana “ to the cor¬ 
rectness oi the report published in the Rural New- 
Yorker Jane 6th." The affidavits were taken in due 
form before Cortland Olios man, a justice of the peace 
iu Genesee Co., officially certified to be such by the clerk 
of the county. 
It would have been more satisfactory had Willard 
Springer sworn how he “knew'’ his steelyards to be 
correct; had there been affidavits as to the ctg6 of the 
rams; aud had the condition of the wool (e. g. whether 
it was perfectly free from water—whether any dung or 
other impurities besides the natural yolk were done up 
in it, or an unusual amount of twine used,) been clearly 
aud minutely stated by the witnesses, But we put no 
questions to Mr. Grosman on these points. It is due to 
him to say that, so far, he has made out a strong case, if 
his witnesses are men of reliable character—a fact in re¬ 
gard to which we know noihing, but which, in the ab¬ 
sence of further testimony, we are disposed to assume. 
It is hardly credible that a man iu his ecuses would invite 
to a sheep shearing, on which he hopes to fimnd any 
reputation, only men of low character; and we do not 
believe that in any rural neighborhood of Genesee Co., 
or in the whole of than county, such a number of men 
could be picked up who would be ready to swear falsely 
in regard to such a matter. On glaucrug back to the 
original published record, we find that W. Springer, 
D. L. Dodgson and Wm, Sawens had rams of their own 
sheared on the same occasion, aud beaten in weight, of 
fleece by Mr. Crosman s. We take these to be the same 
persons whose names appear among Mr. Grosman’s wit- 
Faib in Western Ontario,— The people of London 
are agitating the question of seceding from the provincial 
Agricultural organization, aud forming one whose center 
shall be in London. The western section is growing am¬ 
bitious with its increasing population. 
tt - jfofptr’s pepartuunf 
A Good Grade Durham Cow.—F. Fellows, Chili, N. 
Y., informs us that he has a grade Short-Horn cow, eight 
years old, which in seven days, beginning June 8th, gave 
41SX pounds of milk, from which 17 V.’ pounds of butter 
were made. 
A writer in the Scientific American, says that a 
horseman whose horse is given to shying ought 
never to permit himself to evince symptoms of ner¬ 
vousness nor punish the animal for exhibitions of 
timidity. He further counsels that whenever a 
horse directs the points of his ears in a certain 
direction as though distrustful or afraid, the reins 
should be pulled in another direction, thus divert¬ 
ing the attention of the animal from the object caus¬ 
ing the purturbation. If, on the other hand, force 
or harsh means are used to compel an acquaintance 
with the object feared the horse will be doubly ex¬ 
cited if not unmanageable. 
We have found, in cases of shying or halting at 
real or fancied objects of disquiet, that stopping the 
horse and using soothing language, answer a very 
good purpose. If the object is stationary, the horse, 
after a short time, will most usually advance in the 
direction of it, approaching cautiously till satisfied 
that no danger is to be apprehended, when he will 
resume his way in a quiet mood. But if chastised 
for shying he will have two objects of fear instead of 
one, aud become more confirmed in the habit of dis¬ 
trustfulness. 
In reference to the limited supply of bee pas¬ 
turage contended for by some and the consequent 
danger of over stocking, Mr. Langstroth remarks 
“ It is difficult to repress a smile when the owner of 
a few hives, in a district where as many hundreds 
might be made to prosper, gravely imputes his ill- 
success to the fact, that too many bees are kept in 
his vicinity. If, in the spring, a colony of bees is 
prosperous aud healthy, it will gather abundant 
stores, in a favorable season, even if hundreds 
equaLly strong are in its immediate vicinity; while, 
if it is feeble, it will be of little or no value, even if 
it is in ‘a laud flowing with milk and honey, 1 aud 
there is not another stock witliiu a dozen miles of it. 
There is probably not a square mile in this whole 
country which is overstocked with bees, unless it is 
so unsuitable for bee-keeping as to make it unprofit¬ 
able to keep them at all.” 
Marshall Co. (Tenn.) Ag. Society.— This Society has 
been reorganized and the following officers chosen: 
Peesident — Ewing A. Wilson. Vice-President — W. E. 
Stone. Treasurer —James V. Ewing. Secretary -Alvin 
Ewing. 
Tall Rye.—Cyrus Sanborn, Londonderry, N. H., 
writes the Mirror and Farmer that he has a rye field of 
five acres, which will average six and a hall feet in 
height. Some portions measure over seven feet. 
New England Ag. Fair.— The next annual Fair of the 
New England Agricultural Society will be held in New 
Haven the first week in September. 
Lop-Eared Rabbits.— Some of our juvenile readers 
wish to know where they can buy lop-eared rabbits. 
RURAL BRIEF-MENT10NINGS, 
The Valley Farmer considers iron oxdjows superior to 
those made of wood. 
The Aueusta (Ga.) Sentinel and Chronicle states that 
peaches were ripe in that section about the 15th of June. 
The corn crop in the South, especially in Georgia, is 
drooping, iu consequence of the drouth prevailing there. 
The grasshoppers left most sections mt Iowa some days 
since, without committing the depredations on crops an¬ 
ticipated. 
Tns 8100,000 capital stock ol' the Beet Sugar Company, 
Sacarmeuto, Cal., was taken within four days after open¬ 
ing the books. 
Recent floods in the Seiota Valley have materially in¬ 
jured the corn crop there. The wheat fields being on 
high ground suffered but little. 
The Charleston Mercury examines the cotton question 
and comes to the conclusion that the South is soon to re¬ 
gain its ascendency in the cotton market. 
The St. Louis Democrat states that wheat was recently 
shipped from that city to New lork, via New Orleans, 
for 30 cents per bushel, including insurance. 
William Drew of 8outh East, N. Y., is supposed to be 
the possessor of the heaviest yoke of cattle iu the coun¬ 
try. Their weight is said to be 0,500 pounds, 
A fruit grower near Norfolk. Va., recently sold one 
day’s picking of strawberries—2.070 quarts —in the New 
York market for $1,168. A neighbor on the same day 
picked 2,620 quarts’ and received lor them $1,084. 
No rules iu paperp or books can enable a man to bo an 
expert sheep-shearer. Practice alonc/can give facility to 
the baud aud consequent ease to the poor sheep. The 
first oue we dipped went forth a bleeding martyr. 
It is said potatoes may be readily grown in a China 
ware crate. Put straw in the bottom, then a few pota¬ 
toes, then more straw till the crate is full. Wet the con¬ 
tents every day, and a fine yield will be the result. 
President Clark of the Amherst Ag'l College says 
that plant lice produce ten generations in a season; all 
females are capable of reproduction without impregna¬ 
tion. Only one generation iu ten contains males. 
The Secretary of the Ohio Board of Agriculture lias 
taken measure; to test the value of some new varieties 
of potatoes, embracing Peterson Seedlings, Economist. 
Rock. Bine Kidney, Albert, Napoleon, Victoria and Scotch 
Blue—all foreign. 
A person who has visited the apiary of Mr. 
Clarke of Guelph, Ontario, editor of the Canada 
Farmer, gives in that paper an interesting account 
of Mr C.’s mode of rearing Italian queen bees, as 
follows: 
He takes one of the hives into which an Italian 
queen has been introduced, and removes the queen 
from it, but before doing so he assures himself that 
there is plenty of brood in this hive, from which a 
new queen may be raised. Tbe bees, finding them¬ 
selves without a queen, immediately set about pro¬ 
viding themselves with one. This they can easily 
do if there are worker eggs in the hive, because a 
queen is just au ordinary worker bee that has been 
subjected to different treatment in her development. 
Bhe is nursed in a larger cell, and fed upon different 
food from the other young bees. 
In order that the bees may not be defeated in their 
purpose, they will sometimes leave six or seven 
queen cells in one hive, and nurse queens in them 
ull. 1 saw one hive in which there were seven 
queen cells. They must be of Scotch descent when 
they have so much cantion about them. When the 
bees have succeeded in hatching one queen they 
allow her to put the others to death. But these 
queens may be secured if they are taken in time, 
before they are fully hatched, aud cut out of the 
comb in which they are placed, and ingrafted into 
another comb, in a new hive from which the queen 
has been removed. I saw this done in two or three 
instances, and was told that there was very little 
danger of its failing. 
The hives into which this embryo queen has been 
In a recent number of the Turf, Field and Farm, 
was a communication suggesting that a bath, after 
the manner of the Turks, would be an excellent 
thing for fitting horses for hard service. Its effects 
on the human system have been satisfactorily tested, 
and as there is a good deal of the human about the 
horse, it Is inferred that the influence of the bath may 
prove equally as beneficial to tbe quadruped as to the 
biped. It is possible that the bath may be made 
available for the cure of many diseases of the horse 
which are now regarded a3 beyond the control of 
ordinary medicinal agencies. At all events, while 
using the bath preparatory to contests of speed, it 
might not be amiss to subject some of the crippled 
or ailing of the family, to similar treatment. What 
is good for the health and vigor of the sporting ani¬ 
mal can scarcely prove otherwise than useful to the 
roadster or farm drudge suffering from the effects of 
over-exertion or general harsh usage. 
our surprise at tne reponeci weignis. i inu. iruui 
heaviest lleece is fully 3;* inches long, or including the 
pointed tip, 3?< inches. The other is about h inch 
shorter. Both have black, solid “gum" on the outer 
end, extending quite or a trifle over of au inch into 
the wool; and in both, and particularly in the heaviest, 
the filters are stuck together with yellow “gum” (nn- 
flutd yolk) to an extent which we think wc never before 
saw equalled iu teg's wool. The sweat-balls underneath 
such fleeces must have been enormous-and we need not 
tell any oue that these, when not directly and visibly 
mixed with dung, usually go into exhibition fleeces, 
though they may weigh several pounds, and probably 
scarcely ten per cent, ol' their weight is composed of 
wool. We have uniformly objected to breeding these 
enormously “soggy” fleeces—considering them a mere 
monstrosity of a short lived and depraved fashion among 
a class of breeders, injurious alike to the buyer aud 
grower: but tbe facts serve to show that the reported 
weights of the fleeces are possible. 
If Mr. Crosman would silence all cavil, we would ad¬ 
vise him to furnish the complete chain of testimony indi¬ 
cated above—being particularly careful in making that 
concerning the age full and satisiactory. The weights 
and condition of the wool can he still shown by the 
fleeces themselves —by submitting them to widely known 
The Oldest Horse. — A communication in the 
Utica Herald states that Francis Rcsck, near 
Evans Mills, .1 offers on county, has a horse or rather 
a mare, which will be thirty-three years old the 
coming September. She is frisky and coltish for 
her years, and recently “dragged in” eight bush¬ 
els ®f peas in a single day. This mare, instead 
of dragging in peas, ought to be allowed to retire 
on a pension. 
>- A Pill tor Dogs —Amos Berry, Hocking Co., 
L> Ohio, does not like sbeep-kiiling dogs. He wipes 
y them out thus: — Take a slice of fat meat and 
4 sprinkle it with strychnine and drop it in the way 
> of the rambling dogs — a sure cure. 
