a week, 1 ill the worms are mastered and the corners 
inside examined for cocoons, which may be easily de¬ 
tached and destroyed.” Where the ravages of the 
worm are severe and the stock of bees weak, it is 
said the colony may be saved by breaking out most 
of the combs, leaving just enough to be covered by 
the bees, when the moth will have no chance of de¬ 
positing eggs. In extreme cases M. QtHttnv recom¬ 
mends driving out the bees and securing the lioney 
and wax. If put into a new hive they may do some¬ 
thing, but, if they do not, they will be no worse off, 
while their remaining stocks will be saved. If a 
stock is placed in a new hive its previous fumigation 
with sulphur should not be forgotten, else it will 
soon be infested with worms as before. A well de¬ 
veloped worm is here given- When emerging from 
the cocoons they are very small, but grow rapidly 
under favoring circumstances. ., . , 
“ When first batch- 
. ed from the egg it 
^ 331 ^:' _ : earn"them with the 
naked eye. Their 
rapidity of growl h 
mote worm. depends as much 
or more on the temperature in which they are than 
upon their good living. Here is a cluster of co¬ 
coons as they appear before the inserts emerge 
from them.” 
Macedonia and Thessaly. The wool of the former is 
most esteemed, being long, soft and elastic, and twisted 
in ringlets, which gives the name to the breed.— Londc/n 
Field. 
eminent philanthropists of our country. Mr Rbd- 
field was brought up a farmer, and has returned 
entirely to that pursuit; but his meridian of life 
was also passed in the practice of the law and in 
official positions, lie was a State Senator during 
1823-1825, was appointed Naval Officer of the Fort 
of New York in 1853, aud subsequently Collector, 
in which place he remained until his resignation, in 
1857. lie ha& held various other important ap¬ 
pointments, and declined twice as many as he has 
accepted. 
Both of the above are old men (Mr. Redfibld Is in 
his eightieth year), aud belong to the old-fashioned 
school of gentlemen in manners and morals. Mr 
Kbdfield's account as Collector, involving nearly 
one hundred and fifty millions of dollars, was found 
correct to a cent. Mr. Cooper was never charged 
with taking a cent from any man unjustly. Able, 
sound, wise, and thoroughly good men, they are 
noble land marks of a generation that is passsing 
away. 
Mr. Cooper is a protectionist—Mr. Redfibld a 
non-protectionist. The latter addressed a published 
letter to the former, in December, 1807, in respect 
to our various tariffs, in which he advanced his par¬ 
ticular views. Mr. Cooper replied iD January, ISOS. 
Mr. Redfibld rejoined soon afterwards; and the 
three letters comprise the pamphlet uqder consid¬ 
eration. 
We do not propose to discuss their conflicting 
views here. But the wool growers of the country 
will read with special Interest their respective opin¬ 
ions of the present wool tariff. Mr. Cooper says; 
“ That the farmers sought, and rightfully sought, pro¬ 
tection when their interests demanded it, the experience 
of the sugar planter* of the South aud the wool growers 
of 1 he North abundantly testifies; and I must confess my 
surprise at the representation you make of the recent 
legislation iti favor of the growers of wool. You say, ‘it 
is believed by manv that the wool grower is at length, 
under recent acts of Congress, equally protected with the 
manufacturer. It may be so. Thu stable door may be 
ItDlTED BY HENRY S. RANDALL, LL. D. 
ccjjFr's pqmrlmcitt 
THE ONE 
We cut the following from the New lorn 
World • 
Chicago. Aug. 4.—The first Exposition of the woolen 
goods mau iactures of the Northwest °pene<i to-uay at 
the roome of the Association, tn ibi* city, 
dent of the Association made a few introductory remurKs, 
aud was followed by Mayor Rice, who made a wfdcoming 
■iddre-s. Speeches ,were made by Ron. E. B. Yard, of 
iiAn .T fi. Griniiall. of Iowa: Colonel Horace 
F. A. Dulany, Camden, Alabama, July 20, writes: 
“I send you a specimen of the insect or worm, which, 
In this count ry, k- very destructive to our bees. The hive 
from which they are taken is a new one, and was first oc¬ 
cupied by the swarm in the second week of June last. The 
hive was of a hollow sweet gum. I send you specimens 
of the fly and the worms In the webs. Please name the 
Insect for me; give his nature and habits, and how to 
guard against its ravages.” 
The worms mentioned, came to hand "alive and 
kicking,” but the moths or millers died on the way. 
From the appearance of them and the larva?, we have 
no doubt tliis pest is the Bee Moth, (Tinea Mello- 
nella,) and one of the meat destructive known to 
the apiarian. For the benefit of those not familiar 
with the moth and its progeny, the worms, we give 
illustrations of each and their operations in the bee 
hive to which they gain access. These are copied 
from a recently published volume entitled, "The 
Mysteries of Bee-Keeping Explained,” by M. Qutmbt. 
From the bee moth he says, " we should have nothing 
to fear were it not for her progeny; a hundred or a 
thousand vile worms, whose food Is principally wax 
or comb.” To this he adds: — " As the instincts of 
the flesh-fly direct her to a putrid carcass to deposit 
her eggs, that her offspring may have their proper 
food, 60 the moth seeks the hive containing combs, 
where the natural food of her progeny is at hand. 
During the day a rusty brown miller, with wings 
close to the body, may be often seen lying perfectly 
motionless, on the corner of a hive, or on the under 
edge of the top, where it projects over. They are 
more frequent at the corners than anywhere else, 
one-third of their length projecting beyond it, ap¬ 
pearing much like a sliver on the edge of a board 
that is somewhat weather-beaten.” 
Ontario. Hamilton..Sept. 21—25 
Pennsjlvania, Harrisburg.Sept. 29—Oct 2 
Quebec, Mnutrea)...Sept. 17—19 
\ ermout, Bnrliugton...Sept. 8 —11 
Wisconsin, Madison.Sept. 28—Oct. 2 
COUNTY AND TOWN—NEW TORE. 
Brookfield Ag. Association, Clarksville.Sept. 21—29 
Cattaraugus, (District,) Gowanda.Sept, 21—26 
Cattaraugus, (County.) Little Valley.Sept, 15—17 
Chemung, Elmira. ..Oct. 7— 9 
Columbia, Chatham Four Corners.Sept. 15—18 
Grape Growers', Canandaigua.Oct. 7— 8 
Madison, Farmers & Mech'e, Canastota..Sept. 30—Oct. 2 
Oneida, Rome. Sept. 21-25 
Oswego, Oswego Falls. . Sept. 22 -21 
Washington,.. Oct, 4-7 
Yates, Penn Yan. Oct. 7— 9 
MASSACHUSETTS. 
Bristol, Taunton.....Oct. 6- 8 
Bristol. Centra], Myricks.Sept. 17—18 
Berkshire, Pittsfield. . ••••••••O®-, f) —8 
Berkshire. (Dist ,) Great Barrington.Sept. 88—Oct. 2 
Berkshire, (Eoosic Valley.) North Adams... .Sept, ia-24 
Barnstable. Barnstable. _•••-••.. .Oct. 13—14 
Dukes, (Martha's Vineyard,) West Ttsbnry..Oct. 20 -21 
Essex, Newburyport.. —Sept. 29—30 
Franklin (Ag’l Soc.,) Greenfield .Sept. 24—25 
Hampshire, Amherst..,,, ...Sept. 29—30 
Hampshire. (District,) Northampton. Oct. 1—2 
Hampden, East, Palmer.Oct. 18—14 
Hampshire, Middlefield.Sept. 10—11 
Middlesex, Concord. Ocr, 1— 8 
Middlesex, South, Farmlngham.Sept. 22-23 
Middlesex, North, Lowell.Sept. 23—24 
Nantucket! Nantucket .Sept. 30—Oct. 1 
Norfolk, Dedham. bept. 17—18 
Plymouth, Bridgewater.Sept, 24-25 
Plymouth, (Bingham Assoc.,) Bingham. ..Sept. 29-30 
Plymouth, Marshfield.Oct. 1—2 
Worcester, N. West, (Ag’l Soc.,) Athol-Sept 15 
Worcester, South, Milford...Sept. 29—30 
Worcester, North, Fitchburg.Sept. 29 - 30 
Worcester, West., Barre.Sept. 24-25 
Worcester, Worcester.Bept. 17-18 
and only regret that the " Woolen Manufacturers’ 
Association of the Northwest” had not sooner re- 
iscmdt-d the Buyers’ Rales, which It unfortunately 
adopted on the 19Lh of February last, in time for all 
the wool growers of the country to take part in the 
•exhibition. It will be remembered that a few weeks 
arnee a resolution in favor of abolishing these odious 
rales, was submitted to the Association by its ex¬ 
ecutive committee — its President being instructed 
"to obtain the vote of each member by mail. With- 
<rat such abolition the leading wool growers of the 
Northwest, almost to a man, had most wisely aDd 
<rtmsistcn£ly determined to have nothing to do with 
the ex hi bition. They justly felt that it would be a 
•degradation of themselves, to coalesce with an 
organization which held so antagonistieal and offen¬ 
sive an attitude towards the woo)-producing inter¬ 
est. The vote on repealing the iulee came in slow- 
r y_Lat the good faith of the President and 
executive committee, substantially pledged to re¬ 
peal, were so well known amODg the growers of the 
Northwest — the vote in favor of repeal, so far as 
ihe vote was received, was so unanimous—and the 
Assurance of the Committee was so positive that 
Hire repeal would undoubtedly be carried at a meet¬ 
ing of the Association on the evening preceding the 
opening of the exhibition, that the growers of the 
Northwest, we are disposed to infer from the facts 
already received, were not hindered from attending 
fey the action of the Association last February. The 
facts were not 60 well understood in the East, and 
we conclude the attendance of Eastern growers was 
light. If the repeal of the rules could have been 
officially proclaimed a month earlier, probably two 
thousand Eastern growers and breeders would have 
been present. 
The formtd repeal of the Buyers’ Rules, by this or 
any other Association, is not necessary to their 
overthrow. On the whole, the defiant resolutions 
passed and pledges adopted by these buyers’ organi¬ 
sations have been productive of actual good. Be¬ 
fore, the growers were attacked and surrendered in 
•detail. The evil stole along insidiously, and grad¬ 
ually increased. But when it was audaciously 
avowed, and combinations openly pledged them¬ 
selves to enforce it at all hazards, the dose proved 
too strong — the grower* became aroused to their 
danger and their duty. We have made numerous 
inquiries on the subject, and arc yet to hear of the 
first region of country or neighborhood where the 
Buyers’ Kales have been submitted to in the sale of 
this year’6 clip. In our own immediate region, we 
have not heard of a buyer who has even attempted 
to enforce the rules—and wc know that some who 
have practiced those rules in years past, have been 
very careful not to mention them this year; and 
when required either to avow or disavow them, have 
-explicitly done the latter. And we know a multi¬ 
tude ol growers in this State, who have made it a 
point at once to interrogate all persons wishing to 
buy thtir wools, whether or not they adhered to 
the rules—ready to refuse even to show' their clips 
to combination buyers. We saw last week a couple 
of gentlemen from Western Pennsylvania who re¬ 
ported the same state of things in their neighbor¬ 
hoods. We may have some “empty hags which 
cannot stand.” But we are now r inclined to think 
the main body of the wool growers throughout the 
country who have sold this season, have sold irre¬ 
spective of the rules. The discount on lots of un¬ 
washed fleeces has avowedly been made "on the 
merits,” and has not probably averaged over 35 per 
•cent, or one quarter off. The general repudiation 
of the rules by leading wool merchants of New 
York and Boston, we have already published. The 
combination once grappled with proved but a rope 
of sand—(not even binding tha partners of some of 
its prominent getters up!) 
But. the formal repeal of the rules by the “ Wool¬ 
en Manufacturers’ Association of the Northwest” is 
nevertheless an important measure. It places the 
great, body of the manufacturers of the country in 
accord an the question—for we chance to knout that 
the manufacturers of the East, represented in the 
“National Association of Wool Manufacturers,” do 
not as a body approve of the rules. Aud when the 
manufacturers repudiate them, the dealers or mid¬ 
dle men have no excuse whatever to cling to them 
for a moment—for their only excuse heretofore has 
been that they must buy on the same rules on 
which they are obliged to sell. To claim that they 
are authorized by any commercial or equitable 
principles to buy on a shrinkage which they are not 
compelled to make in selling, would be too revolt¬ 
ing a pretence for any decent man to. make. 
Wc honor the “ Woolen Manufacturers’ Associa¬ 
tion of the Northwest” for the step it has taken, 
it is always right and manly to retract an error. 
COCOONS OF THE MOTH WORM. 
“The worm, after spinning ife cocoon, soon 
changes into a chrysalis, and remains inactive for 
several days, when it makes an opening in one end 
and crawl6 out. The time necessary for this trans¬ 
formation is also governed by the temperature, 
although few are supposed to pass the winter in this 
state. The moth rarely appears before about the 
first of June,” 
It is said that an exposure, of the moth, its eggs 
and larva?, to a very low temperature—say 1S C below 
zero —will destroy the whole. But this is imprac¬ 
ticable in the more Southern States, as the mercury 
never falls so low as this in that region. Where it 
does so M. Qtjtmbt recommends taking the hives 
affected to a dark room, using artificial light to keep 
the bees from flying. Take out comb enough to 
last for several days and put it in an empty hive. 
Set another empty one of the same size, without top 
or bottom, npon it. Take out the next frame and 
hold it down in the top hive and shake or brush the 
As the frames should be 
growers. I regret, sir, tnst you tin not apniecmie me 
benefits thus accorded to this branch of agrUuhera! indus¬ 
try— tliat von do not. I think, is attributable to your fail¬ 
ure to examine the facte—for the very objection that you 
make, that the recent law ha- not benefited wool produc¬ 
tion. ha* been thus well answered in the monthly report 
lor December, 1867, of the Department of Agriculture, in 
which, on this subject, are llie following words: 
1 Tbe close of the war found full supplies of woolen 
goods, and immense stores of unused army clothing; aud 
in ant icipation of legislation affecting importation, nearly 
as many woolens were Introduced In a single year a* were 
imported during the entire period of the war Jn this 
stale of facts, utter annihilation of wool growing and 
manufacturing was only prevented by the operation of the 
law In repressing further importation, and inspiring con¬ 
fidence la the future, when the immense surplus should 
be exhausted. It lifts produced all the advantages thatits 
most sanguine friends could Claim for It, In preventing, in 
a large degree, rumens depression and the sacrifice of 
flocks, and in paving the way for entire success for the 
future, which shall benefit, every interest of agriculture 
and every branch of Industry.’ ” 
Mr. Redfibld answers; 
*' You arc mistaken, sir, in regard to my position on the 
wool tariff. Ever since the passage of the aqt* of 1828 and 
1832,1 have taken an active pact tn denouncing the infa¬ 
mous schemes aod fraudulent devices of the woolen 
manufacturers to procure foreign wool duty free, to the 
exclusion of American wool, f have often quoted from 
the speech or Silas Wright. who was a member of 
the House of Representatives when those acts wore 
passed the sentence that ‘Congress ought not so to 
legislate as to turn the in a nn fact urine capital of this 
co'uutry to the manufacture of a raw material of a foreign 
country, wheu wo do or cau produce tho same niw 
materia] in sufficient quantities ourselves.' I took the 
same position on the passage of the free wool bill In 1857. 
which, by abolishing the duty of 39 per cent, on wool and 
retaining the same duty on woolen cloths amounted to 
an UDiust, discrimination of IK) per cent, in favor of the 
manullictu rer and against the xvool grower. I contributed 
all the aid in m.v power to procure the passage ol the 
recent wool tariff to which you refer. Had the provisions 
of this wool tariff' been incorporated in the Morrill tariff 
in 1861, the wool growers would not have been defrauded 
as they have been, lint it was the provisions of this 
wool tariff' bill, which gives equal proportion to the man¬ 
ufacturers and wool growers, that the designing men who 
procured the passage of Morrill tanif w ished to avoid. 
The grand scheme was to obtain foreign woo! aud foreign 
woolen nigs (shoddy) free of duty, as they did under Ihe 
acts of 182s and 1832. The extent to which they succeed¬ 
ed in obtaining these raw mat erial, 1 exposed in uiy letter 
by extracts from the reports of t he Secretary of t be Treas¬ 
ury. i hope, if protection, istobettie settled policy of the 
BEE MOTH —TWO MALES AND ONE FEMALE. 
Their color is a kind of dusty-brown resembling 
old wood, and as they lie flat on the boards of the 
hive during the day, it is thus they often escape the 
vigilance of the bees, active as t hey are. As soon as 
it is dark the moths are up aud actively engaged in 
trying to slip into the hives for the purpose of de¬ 
positing their eggs. These soou produce worms, 
and then commences the destruction of the honey 
stores. The worm bus a skin generally invulnerable 
to the &t,iug of the bee, hence they are powerless to 
expel this enemy, but the moth is not so guarded. 
Seemingly aware of this the bees are always on tbc 
alert to prevail the moths from entering the hive, 
and aesail them whenever found. But, with all 
their vigilance, they cannot exclude them alL 
"They enter the hive and dodge out in a moment 
cither from fear of the bees, or from having actually 
encountered them. If stocks are strong there is a 
poor chance for depositing eggs within the hive and 
on the combs, and as they mutt drop them some¬ 
where they seek the cracks and iluws about the hive 
where they become mingled with the dust and chips 
which fall upon the bottom board, —a species of 
wax, in which the worms hatch; ascend among the 
bee combs and commence their depredations as seen 
in the illustration below.” 
bees into the lower one. 
put back into the hive in the same relative position, 
it is well to number them before they are removed. 
When the bees have been taken from all the combs 
in turn, the latter may be put away to freeze — sep¬ 
arating them several inches for this purpose. When 
the eggs of the parasites are killed by the frost the 
combs should be warmed several hours before being 
replaced In the hive. When two or three combs 
have been returned to the hive the bees may be 
transferred to it, and the comb left with them upon 
their first removal be frozen like the other portions. 
When all the combs Lave been subjected to the 
freezing process and replaced, it is presumed that 
the bee moth and its progeny have been destroyed 
for that time. It i9 supposed that were all bee 
keepers, In a given section, to act in concert in this 
way the moth would be expelled from it in a short 
time. 
It may not be amiss to add that the opinion is 
generally prevalent that by Italianizing our bees 
the colonies will become so strong as to bid defiance 
to the moth and all other insect enemies of the 
apiary. 
Changing Seed Wheat.— The Minnesota Agricultural 
Society has asked the aid of the Agricultural Depart¬ 
ment at Washington in procuring new varieties of spring 
wheat. It appears that tho yield rapidly diminishes 
under thoir syBtem of continuous cropping from twenty- 
five to thirty bushels on new laud to twenty, fifteen, and 
even ten bushels per acre. This result is attributed to a 
“degeneracy in the vitality of the seed,” rather than to 
an exhaustion of fertility in the soil, and it is thought 
that if new, good seed of suitable varieties could be in¬ 
troduced the State would l>e benefited to the extent of 
several millions of dollars yearly. The variety now re¬ 
lied upon for the main crop is the Fife, aud has been 
used for a number of years. The Canada Club was for¬ 
merly cultivated, but has now completely disappeared. 
The Commissioner in his reply recognizes the Impor¬ 
tance of the subject, and promises to make special efforts 
to procure new varieties of spring and winter wheat. 
government, that the wool growers will be benefited by 
the passage of this act—that they have not as yet reaped 
any benefit from it is evident, the opinion of Mr. Wells, 
whom you cite, to the contrary notwithstanding.” 
Thus both fully endorse the wool tariff—Mr.'R ed- 
fteld only complaining it waa not enacted soon 
enough. 
Condensed Correspondence, Items, &c 
.Sept. 15—17 
.Sept. 1— 3 
.....Sent, y—12 
Sept. &1—OCt. 2 
.Sept. 22-25 
....Oct. 0—9 
....Sent. 15—17 
Sept. 29—(Jot. 2 
.Sept. 10—18 
Sept. 30-Uet. 2 
.Sept. 1— 4 
Sept. 29—Oct. 2 
Sept. 29-Out. 2 
Sept. tJU-Oct, 3 
....Sept. 28—30 
.Sept, 22—25 
Sept. 29—Oct. 2 
.. .Sept, 14—17 
....Oct. 13—16 
_Oct. 6- 9 
....Sept, 8—11 
Texas Flocks.— A friend residing near Boerne, Texas, 
writes ns, under date of July 15th;—“Our flocks are 
doing very well. We were very fortunate with the lambs 
this year—we rulrcd fifteen hundred, I sold my wool in 
San Antonio for 2(1 cents specie, The sheep suffered very 
much last winter. We had some severe storms. At one 
time the ground was covered with snow for several days. 
We lost, like all others, a good many sheep. The scab 
is still our great trouble. Our flocks were cleaned, as 
Mr.-, the head shepherd, says, but a few months ago 
one of ocr neighbors who has 800 scabby sheep let them 
wauder on our range, and some of them mixed with our 
sheep. They do not show any signs of scab, but the 
head shepherd thinks the diseased sheep must have com¬ 
municated it, and that it will be best to dip our flocks in 
September,” 
Cattle .Disease in the West.—A contagious cattle 
disease has broken out in some localities in the Western 
States. It is thought to have been introduced by the 
droves of Texas cattle which, within a few years, have 
been driven iu great numbers into the Prairie States. 
Yet these cattle are said to be healthy in Texas, and if 
such be the case, the disease is probably contracted on 
the route and through some cause incident to their trans¬ 
ference. State laws have been enacted in some instances 
to limit their admission, and there is some danger of con¬ 
flict between the drovers and the authorities, The Gen¬ 
eral Government may be called on to interfere, and it 
should put Itself in possession of such facts aB will en¬ 
able it to render justice. 
Aiercer, lUiuuiBuiiig. 
Murgau, Jacksonville. 
Ogle, Oregon. 
Peona, Peoria.... •--••• . 
Rock Island, Rock Island. 
Sangamon, Springfield.,. 
St. Glair, Belleville. 
Stephenson. Freeport. 
Tazewell, Tremout. 
Union, Jonesboro. 
Union Central, Atlanta. 
Vermillion, Gatlin. 
Warren, Monmouth. 
Woodford, Eureka. 
Whiteside, Sterling. 
IOWA. 
Bremer, Waverly. 
Central (District,) Des Moines ... 
Cedar, Tipton... 
Crawford, Dennison. 
DesMoiuee, Burlington . 
Floyd, Charles City. 
Henry, Mt, Pleusaut. 
Page, clariuda . 
Scott, Davenport. 
Tama, Tama. 
Wapello, Ottumwa. 
MIBSOURI, 
Audrain, Mexico. 
Clinton,.. 
La Fayette, Lexington. 
Montgomery,.... 
"WORM GALLERY IN THE COMBS. 
To prevent the eggs from hatching iu this debris 
on the bottom board, it is recommended to keep it 
cleanly brushed, as the eggs will be thus deprived 
of a chance to perfect the worm which they would 
soon do if undisturbed. It will also prevent the 
bees from getting eggs stuck to their feet, as it is 
supposed is sometimes the case, when they are car¬ 
ried up and dropped upon the combs and there 
hatched. "Aworrn,” says M. Quimby, "lodged in 
the comb, makes his way either to the center, or be¬ 
tween tho heads of the young bees in the cells and 
the sealing, as he proceeds, eats a passage, lining it 
with a shroud of silk, aud gradually enlarging it, as 
he increases in size. When the combs are filled with 
honey they work on the surface, eating only the 
sealing.” 
Samples.—" Old Breeder,” Washington, Pa., encloses 
three samples, and asks onr opinion of their quality and 
uses. The wool is less than an inch and a half long, ex¬ 
quisitely fine and glossy, anal the extreme minuteness of 
the crimp indicates the beet felting properties. It is 
Saxon wool of the highest quality (pick lock,) and adapt¬ 
ed to the manufacture of the choicest broadcloths. 
“M,” Chicago, asks if an enclosed sample is “a fair 
specimen of American Merino f” It is not. The yolk is 
too tawney in color. The general style and quality are 
otherwise quite passable, with one fatal exception. Wc 
counted no less than five hairs, or pieces of jar, in a 
mass of wool not exceeding in weight a quarter of an 
ounce! 
Salt on Pastures.— At this season pastures present u 
very uneven appearance if they have not been heavily 
stocked, and the scattering patches of rank herbage 
which the animals neglect are suggestive of waste. If 
the farmer could tempt his stock to eat this rank herbage 
it would be so much gained, for the soil is usually rich 
where it grows, and does uot need it for fertilizing pur¬ 
poses. It is a good plan to change the stock in such a 
pasture, letting sheep and young horses follow cattle, 
and then sow salt on the rank feed. This will tempt the 
stock to it, and little by little the whole will he devoured. 
Sheep Farming in Turkey.— The British Consul at 
Adriauople gives some interesting details of the sheep 
and goat farming in that villayet, He gives the number 
of sheep at 4,512,000, and of goats at 778,000, the tax on 
which, at the rate of four piasters each, yielded (.171,297 
in 1867. Nevertheless it is estimated that 20 per cent, 
profit iB obtained by sheep husbandry. The tax pro¬ 
duced (.10,596 more in the year 1867 than in the previous 
year, and for the last ten years there appears to have 
been a steady increase in the number of sheep. 
The peculiarity of the shepherd’s work in this district 
is the process of milking the sheep and the goats, large 
quantities of butter and cheese being made from the 
milk of these animals and sent into Constantinople, 
whence also the sheep and lambs are sent from the dis¬ 
trict or villayet of Adrianople for local consumption. 
The total cost of a flock consisting of 1,860 ewes, 150 
rams and 50 goats, is stated to be 90,500 piasters, the cost 
of keep, &C., being 31,000 piasters, and the total value 
of produce, exclusive of the skins, 56,930 piasters —112 
piasters being equal to the 11. sterling. There is an 
active market for the skins of the lambs and goats, which 
are salted and packed for the French and English market. 
The two promineut. breeds, which are considered by 
the natives as distinctly local, are the Kavirjik, which 
bear some affinity to the demi-Merinos, and the Kara- 
bash, which are black-faced, and not unlike the sheep in 
....Oct. 12—10 
. ...Bcpt. 8—10 
....Oct. 20-25 
Sept. 29—Oct. 3 
_Sept. 7—12 
.....Sept. 1—3 
_Sept. 15—19 
....Oct. 5-10 
.... Sept. 1— 5 
....Sept. 14—19 
.Oct. 4-7 
Sheep, Potatoes and Bugs.—A correspondent of the 
Western Rural writes from Illinois that the bugs attack¬ 
ed his vines last year after he had finished working in 
them, and he turned in a flock of one hundred sheep and 
the bugs were driven oft' by them. A flock of sheep will 
not injure a potato field if turned in at this season, but 
will browse the grass, clean out the fence corners, and 
improve the appearance of the crop. 
- • • •.•. 
Norioem Missouri, Pans. 
Plait, Platt City. 
Randolph, Huntsville. 
St. Louis, St. Louis. 
Sturgeon, Sturgeon. 
Union, Newark... 
Warren. 
WISCONSIN. 
Crawford, Denison. 
La Fayet te, Darlington. 
Ripen, Ripou. 
Rock, .Janesville. 
Rochester, Janesville. 
Walworth, Elkhoni... . 
INDIANA. 
Hendricks, .. 
V ermilllon, Newport. 
MINNESOTA, 
Goodhue County, Red Wing. 
Goodhue Township, Goodhue. 
MICHIGAN. 
Genesee, Flint. 
WORM gallery removed from the combs. 
When any considerable number of immature bees 
are found on the floor board in the morning it is evi¬ 
dence of the worm being iu the hive, and that the 
colony i6 laboring to expel the enemy. Sometimes 
a number of young bees, nearly mature, will "be 
removed alive, in the operation, all webbed together 
and fastened by the legs and wings. Others will be 
seen running about with their wings mutilated, part 
of their legs eaten off, or tied together.” These are 
certain indications of worms in the hive, aud that 
the colony is laboring for their expulsion. In 6ueh 
cases it i* recommended to raise tue hive frequently 
and brush everything within reach clean. If a new 
swarm, with a hive partly full, give these indications 
of the worm, the hive “should be turned over once 
(EMINENT MEN’S OPINION OF THE WOOL 
TABIFF. 
Farming in Minnesota.— From the Press, 8t. Paul, 
we learn something of the magnitude of farming opera¬ 
tions along the line of the Pacific Railroad in Minnesota. 
E. B. Litchfield is turning over 2,000 acres of prairie, 
which is to be put in wheat this fail. Mi. Dalrymple 
has an equal quantity; so has a Mr. Donaldson ; while 
Mr. Paxton of 8 t. Paul is putting 12,000 acres under the 
plow, which he intends soon to increase to 30,000. 
u We have received a pamphlet containing a “ Cor. 
jl respondence between Peter Cooper, of the city of 
I? New York, a manufacturer aud President of the 
? American Industrial League, and Heman J. Red- 
L field, of the couuty of Geuesee, N. Y., farmer, upon 
§f the subject of a protective tariff and indirect taxa- 
5 tion.R 
I It is not necessary to give much account of either 
U gentleman. Mr. Cf oper is an extensive iron rnanu- 
% facturer, aud is one of the best business men and 
Lenox Farmers’ and Mechanics' Association.— This 
Association will hold its annual Fair at Canastota, com¬ 
mencing Sept. 30th, continuing three days. Hon. A. M. 
Clapp of Buffalo will deliver an address on the occasion. 
