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IS 
Two men and a span of mules will drive three- 
fourths of a mile of posts in a day, and one man will 
mark for the posts and face them ready for the 
boards in the same time. The posts are slight y 
should nrodiice =ucb wools as arc most needed by the 
manufacturers, 6 aud in all cases should put up their wool 
in the best condition possible. 
Resolved That all wool should he bought strictly on 
its merits’the buyer discriminating in favor of wool in 
1 imod condition and well put up for market, and makmg 
U.IIIUI _• . -.1 nMnitrPhftllt ft hi 1 ft irom 
boards in tne same tune, p—~ --- -- - gooaconu.H-u~-.--F- ;Vool unmerchantable troth 
pointed, and thus driven, set very firm. ' any cause a» the condition of each lot requires, and that 
cost of such an implement is about 825, and it will 
pay for itself in a few days. _ S J Th(kl ln j ojot conventions of wool manufactur- 
—— ^ pri , wool grower*, and in i° lut expositions of their 
nrodacts. we recognize important mewie oi developing 
S bt t w fKttjsbsttftJB* sa£ r ““«B&- 0 s,tal lDd,!Mm 111 " ,1C 1 * ct 
Iiiwlmk That while the encouragement of Western 
_ wool roii mi fan tiring and Western wool growing W most 
-- obviously the duty of Western men, there need be and is 
edited BY henry S. RANDALL, LL. D. ground lot any except the kindest leelmgs between 
_ _— the wool growers and manufacturers of the Wes, and 
-their l'ellow-laborcrs of the East, and the OI dy contest 
THE CHICAGO EXPOSITION. that should ever exist between them is a generous m airy 
__ r as to which ehall excel. 
The following account of the Chicago Woolen p,. abrb j Farmer 6ays; — “The exhibition of 
Exposition is from a former member of the editori wool6) as was to be expected, is pretty much a 
staff of this paper. Contrary to the hopes expresse fadure With the obnoxious rules governing the 
by us last week, the exhibition of wool proved a fail- of wool< standing, wool growers would noi 
ure. It would appear from the remarks we append heartlly i n this exhibition. In consequence 
Breeding, &c. —From a lively series of article? in the 
Dixie Fanner, written by those enterpriring sheep breed¬ 
ers, Glenn & Brotheij of Nobles-own. Pa., we cut the 
following sensible paragraph • The American that im¬ 
ports llom a foreign country better stock into his own 
state or neighborhood, or purchases in the Lnited Stales 
such stock and removes it into his own State, it a philan¬ 
thropist in no small degree. Sacb pnblic spirited men 
are of use in their day and generation. Enterprising cit 
izene of this description are needed in every State. Let 
such, for instance, purchase a small flock of male and 
female of the very best improved variety of sheep of any 
family, he then introduces into his neighborhood the 
THE CATTLE DISEASE. 
Much excitement has recently been raised by tbe 
appearance, at various points along the railroad 
routes, of a fatal disease among the cattle trans¬ 
ported over them. In some places in Illinois, In¬ 
diana, Western and Eastern Pennsylvania, New 
York, Albany and Buffalo, numbers of cattle in 
transit have been attacked with wbat is denomi¬ 
nated “The Texas Fever, 1 ’ causing considerable 
mortality at each of these points. The authorities 
at each of these places took prompt measures to 
brains or 
intellect of the breeder from whom he made bave a p the diseased stock dispatched at once ana 
Monthly Report op the Department of Agricul¬ 
ture.— The Report of the Department or Agriculture for 
the month of July assumes, from 'he information sup¬ 
plied from all sections of the country, that the wheat 
crop will be fully an average one taken altogether. In 
the Southern States there is a considerable deficiency, 
but this is supposeo to be Tally made up by an increase 
in the Western States. The reports respecting the corn 
crop show an increased average over last year ot fully 
8,000,000 bushels in thirty-four States. In eight of these 
there is a slight, decrease in average from last year, while 
in the South and West there is a large oue, equal to nine 
per cent, on the whole. Generally the crop promises 
well. The average in cotton is reported at about ten per 
cent, below last year, but tho tillage has been more 
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the purchase, in the sheep purchased. The benefactor tbe furtber importation of affected animals stopped thorongb aTld tbe stand generally more promising. The 
etands equal in blood and improvement with the breeder 
from whom he made the purchase. It will then he for 
the new purchaser to demonstrate (the climate and other 
things being equal with those of the breeder from whom 
he purchased.! whether he or the person from whom he 
purchased shall excel. There can be, there is, no doubt 
VVUUlbl S *0 ▼» CJLtJ vv -J A » - 1 ,, 
failure With the obnoxious rules governing the but that Mr. Hammond excelled Mr. Atwood as a breeder duration 
jauiutM ' _ _ . _• it., from A TirnnD 
from ffie Prairie Farmer, that in tbe West as we ^ ^ ^ Qr fw lot£ of wool direct from » omy ainany.” “iua'not ^ 
knew would be the case in the East, the action of grower ._ Finding that thiB department was to he so JJe wan ^ A No x bre erier, no more than 
the Association towards rescinding the Buyers poorly fllled> 60me of the wool houses here came to that lUefe . g a cer t«.lnty that every young man that etnd- 
Sules ” was not early enough to call out the co- ^ reBCUe> by put ting in several lots from our prom- leg a proress i 0 n will become au A No. 1 professional man. 
operation of the wool growers. Whether there was inent growers, labeled with tbe growers 1 names. Had There certa inly is as much study required to make a 
anything else dissatisfactory to the Western growers nQt been {or tbe ru i(. g the wool show would, with- good intelligent A. No. 1 breeder of any kind of domestic 
in the organization or preliminary arrangements of ont doub( . have been equal t0 the show of manufac- animals as in anything that man can engage in. ^ery 
tbcexhibiUon, wc arc not informed. But we tore no ^ goofci , n4 tte „nole tune lave proved a e™nd wUdl 
doubt tbut 11 the m«natact^ deMOd a>»l expo. , ucceK The mwntbctnrere, however, m .are glad JW. „„ ' thc 0wt . IM.eace 
siteon with the growers, they would have found it tp ^ bave discovered their error and at their busi- 1 * or wQe . for yearg The proper rale t0 work 
far more expedient to invite the latter at the outee , neg& meeting rescinded these rules and have thus ^ tfae prob iem being certainly known, the question 
to an equal representation and vote in all the ar- refitorcd bbe f 0rme r harmony between the two In- wm bc eagily go i ve d. The rule for working out difficult 
rangements —or else to take the ent'ire control of teregt8 » questions or considerations ln breeding is to be found in 
buviug of wool, standing, wool growers would not ever after he had made his first purchase from Atwood. 
iSZSS *•«. efbhi,,, lb o» ri7T , 
as far as possible. This Dew outbreak has miteri- potato y5eld ig expe ctcd to be considerably In excess of 
allv affected the principal meat markets, the con- thal of | a5t yeari owing to largely increased acreage, 
aurners of beef changing to mutton, pork and other though in some sectione the drouth will materially di- 
aubstltutes. It is to be hoped that the disease and mihish the yield. The fmtt promise, with the exception 
the excitement consequent upon it will be of short of grapes, is very poor w almost every section. Tobacco 
the excitement consequent gomewhat hel0w the average, and wool about seven 
duration._ t ^_per cent., or eight millions of pounds. 
doubt that if the manufacturers desired a joint expo¬ 
sition with the growers, they would have found it 
far more expedient to invite the latter at the outset, 
to an equal representation and vote in all the ar 
rangements — or else to take the entue control of 
tho wool branch of the exposition. This basis of 
entire equality, was the only one ever contemplated 
on either side in the proposed joint exposition of the 
National Growers’ and Manufacturers’ Associations 
last spring. We do not make these statements re¬ 
proachfully—for the intentions or the manufacturers 
at the recent exposition may have-been equally good. 
But we regard their action, or omission, in the above 
particular, as an oversight which it will be expedi¬ 
ent to avoid in future. We do not believe that a 
really successful joint exposition of both industries 
will ever take place on any other terms than those 
of strict equality in the management. The resolu¬ 
tions which we append below are excellent. 
Chicago, Ang. C, 1868. 
Editor Rural : — I will give you a brief descrip- 
;vtsr IUI U13 ***«v»w —-_m-n-T? ArrM'TrUTT ---- 
What has been once done can certainly be repeated. It DISEASED COWS.- TREATMENT. Decreabe or sheep in Omo.-According to a comma- 
ie only a matter of intelligence that makes the success r writes- nicatio'n in the Farmers' Chronicle (Ohio) the assessors' 
the want of it a failnre in degree. It is not every man Sears morford, Mercer county, Pa., writes^ twent three coantie8 in that State, show a 
that can or will make an A No. 1 breeder, no more than „ Aq artide in your paper hea ded What ails the ^ ^ of theep in them . as compared 
that there is a certainty that every young man that stud- Cowg rem j nds me of one I had similarly attacked of 37 706 bead A proportionate re- 
les a profession wlU become an A No. X profess 01 ' ab0 ut a year since. We could neither characterize u<m for tb ’ e rogt of the 8tate would give a total of 
There certainly is as much study required W the d i 8ea se nor determine what treatment was best ab[)Ut l50<000% and - m WO ol about half a million of pounds, 
good intelligent A - ?• “ pftn eti „ ajje in v ery under the circumstances. In this case the milk left Thifl q ecrefte c is considerable less than was expected, 
animals as iu aai ^ themselves ouite frequently, the cow in the manner described by your com- lowing that farmers are not as ready to abandon an 
nay^Continuoaely, in breeding, and the way m which epondent. The maceration^wer^blackamasbWng ^lU^or 
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out the problem being certainly known, the question whicb gbe ate with avidity-the only thing she e it forward; Equally so is it to abandon a 
Will be easily solved. The rule for working out. difficult WQu]d eat _ ftnd ; u twenty-four hours she purged h - wbich hBS pr0 ved generally remunerative, he- 
questions or considerations In breeding i? to be found m disc harging a large quantity of bloody slime, q f the time being, prospects are less promising 
•«* “r iS’lSS: 7i attach stie Began to reoovar. A neighbor after- It l to wait awbile even 
Sears Morford, Mercer county, Pa., writes: 
“An article in your paper headed “What ails the 
Cows ? 11 reminds meof one I had similarly attacked 
about a year since. We could neither characterize 
the disease nor determine what treatment was best 
under the circumstances. In this case the milk loft 
the cow in the manner described by your corre¬ 
spondent. The macerations were black and shining 
Condensed Correspondence, items, le. ££ “ a^ri' - Jt bu cow, n.a tb« ^ 
i D Augusta G. , asks^qoestions wUcb wc will an- fora U given, .no if tie antl.r f. not compreh«dea In witch he ^ ° re “ d ’ 
.JJzZSZL* Lri,: -km “ «• ««*• ° lher r W6U m “ ed ma ‘ “ d “ r - r “° ,ered :_ 
_ or simplify it to the reader's comprehension. Oral infor- - - . 4 . * • • * 
”“. k . T;.LtS M tot give nn incorrect opinion, man an oral anthority.- ..T, “m Lat hanoflt to stock even 
tion for carrying It forward; equally so is n to « 
business which has proved generally remunerative, be¬ 
cause, for the time being, prospects are less promising 
than were anticipated. It is better to wait awhile, even 
,f. D., Augusta, Ga., asks questions which we will an¬ 
swer under separate heads: 
Number of Rams in Flock.—To run constantly with 
wards told us that bis cows had the same disease, ftt a )o?p . tbail to rush from one thing to another, as 
which he treated with hop yeast, made as for bread, though in change alone success is to be attained Muta- 
well mixed with salt, and they recovered. 1 ’ tion is not always improvement, nor does •■ P" » 
The Bath for 8tock.— It is believed by some, 
tion is not always improvement, uor does a partial lailure 
in a certain line of bnslness, prove that it is bad policy to 
give it a more extended trial, 
the flock so divided that but one, or at most two, rams 
run with same lot of ewes. A previously high kept 
young ram will soon break down if worked without ex¬ 
tra feed. 
Increase of Flock.—I t. is proper, even here, to breed 
from strong, well developed, two-year old ewes (i. e. have 
them lamb the spring they are two years old;) and I have 
learned in the case of all of the Merino sheep I have sent 
tiou of the first Exposition of Wool and Woolens of to the South, that with a lair ordinary chance, they 
the Northwestern Wool Manufacturers’ Association. 
Near the foot of Randolph street, with the blue 
lake in sight, is a five-story building, just finished, 
and only begun last May! Enter its solid walls, and 
you are in a great room SO by 100 feet, with a speaker’s 
stand, chairs, &c., and men hoisting boxes up stairs iu 
one corner. Here arc held the meetings for speeches 
and discussion. Go up a broad, open stairway in a 
corner of this room and you reach another of like 
size. The Secretary’s table is at the head of tbe 
stairs, and the whole broad space is filled with 
tables, covered with woolen goods of great- variety— 
from stout, coarse jeans and cloths, to the most 
beautiful flannels and cassimcrcs of finest wool and 
most perfect finish —/ display wonderful indeed, 
amt surprising all by the quality of the goods, whicb 
show an advancemeut in style and perfectness that 
may challenge competition. Go up another 6tair- 
-vsv and a room of the same size is tilled in the same 
* A _Vk,, 4 - 
acquire an earlier maturity than in the North. Ton 
should he able, in your mild climate and with almost 
constant green feed, under fair management, to reckon 
op raising on the average in good sized flocks from 
eighty to ninety per cent, of lambs. Ninety per cent, 
should not be regarded an extraordinary increase in 
smallish flocks; and this rate of increase is often ex¬ 
ceeded. One year with another, the number of ram and 
ewe lambs about equal each other; so above yon have 
the necessary' data to estimate the increase of a flock lor 
a term of years. 
Shepherds and Dogs. —You ask if a flock of 300 
should bave a shepherd and dogs placed over it? It 
would not be good economy to give one man’s time to so 
small a flock. A competent shepherd with bis dogs can 
give all the necessary attention to a thousand sheep on 
open, unenclosed range —indeed, one skilled shepherd 
can, as head shepherd, manage a number or thousands, 
by employing merely active, bandy assistants who have 
had a little previous experience, Or who are docile to 
learn- Tn regard to obtaining shepherds and dogs, you 
Wool Convention in Texas.— The next meeting of 
the Texas Wool Growers' Convention takes pluce in 
Austin on the first Wednesday of September next. We 
believe this Convention to be a permanent institution, 
and have every reason to believe that it will accomplish 
a great amount of good. The officers are:— H. J. cham¬ 
berlain. Esq., President.; W. D. Parish and fl. Langs¬ 
ton, Esqs., Vice-Presidents; and W. V. Henderson, 
Secretary. 
At the late meeting in Austin, Parish, Crouch, Hen¬ 
derson and Chamberlain were appointed a committee 
to prepare an address to the wool-growers of the State, 
urging the formation of county associations to co-operate 
with ibe Genera] Association; and aleo to memorialize 
the Legislature on the subject of further legislative pro¬ 
tection to the stock interest. 
By au article of the Constitution, persons can become 
members of thc Association by authorizing the Secretary 
to sign their names to the constitution and by-laws, and 
paying to the Treasurer the sum ul ume dollar specie at 
any time before the next tnct-iing. 
The postoffice of the Secretary is Boerne, Kendall Co. 
Mg isqidv 
wav save that here we have not only cloths, but havq all the answer I cau umv friva in another article. 
r ' , „ , The Scotch dog prevails most iu the North. Mongrels 
yarns, wool and looms. are often broken into good working dogs -but we regard 
The quantity and variety is far greater than was ^ pm5ippoged t0 be treacherous scoundrels. They 
expected for this first exhibition,—over 100 mills ^ frequently sheep-killers, and when they are so, their 
having sent more than 1,500 samples of their goods. ftClly ^ act j vily and rap id, sharp bite render them more 
DAIRYMENS’ ASSOCIATION. 
Gardner B. Weeks, Verona, Oneida Co., Secre¬ 
tary of the State Dairymens’ Association, calls the 
attention of dairymen to the next meeting of the 
Se dlspray of wool is not eqiml, being from only however, Association in January ensuing He suggests that 
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about thirty flocks. It is beautiful in quality. 
Excessive heat, the busy season, the short notice 
bath. It is said to be of great benefit to stock even 
in a healthy state, making them more active and 
aiding in the process of taking on fat. At all events 
when cows are assailed by any of the diseases inci¬ 
dent to the dairy, it would not be amiss to try the ex¬ 
periment of the bath, as it could hardly do any harm 
if it failed of doing any good. W’ill some of our 
readers so unfortunate as to have sick dairy or other 
stock, try the experiment of the hath and report 
progress V Now, when the Texas fever is prevailing, 
is a good time to test the matter in the way proposed. 
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Temperature of Cream.— The Iowa Homestead, 
in answer to an inquiry as to the proper tempera¬ 
ture of cream for churning, says :—“ Careful experi¬ 
ments have demonstrated that while the cream 
should never be lower than fifty degress, it should 
never be higher than fifty-five degrees, for the ope¬ 
ration of churning will raise it from five to ten de¬ 
grees. In a long series of experiments conducted 
in an English dairy, the best temperature was found 
to be fifty-three degrees when the cream goes into 
the churn. By far too many keep the milk and 
cream at the same temperature, or at least in the 
same cellar or vault. Either the cream or the milk 
will suffer, one being too warm or the other too 
cold.” 
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Cheese Market and Prospects. —There was. 
says the Utica Herald, considerable excitement at 
Little Falls on the lOlti inst., and a brisk trade at 
advanced prices. Private dairies sold at from 14 to 
16 U cts. Oneida factories sold as high as 1? cts. 
this propensity would be developed in those of them tho dairy season is a good one for making certain Hi),; cts Oaeuujacrones - -b- - — 
brought up on sheep farms and among sheep. But very tests in the matter of cheese making ; “ lorprovmg during the preceding The >»nge at the Fa 
Experiment in Weieat.-Wm. Otis, a prominent far¬ 
mer residing it Gates, about two miles west of Roches¬ 
ter, set apart last season a patch of ground containing 
Beven square rods for an experiment in wheat growing. 
The wheat embraced four varieties,—California, Diehl, 
Soules, and a bearded one, name not known. It was 
planted by band in drills, an3 as it came up the plants 
were from two to six inches apart. The winter killed 
the California clean out, but the other varieties grew and 
ripened very well. The yield from these seven rods of 
ground \va? two bushels, or at the rate of nearly forty- 
six bushels to tbe acre. Where wheat is generally drilled 
in as carefully as this was, it would require but about 
five quarts of seed to the acre, instead of from sixty to 
eighty as is sometimes the case in ordinary sowing. 
The Cotton States. - Concurrent reports from the 
cotton growing States indicate that thc damage to the 
cotton crop from the ravages of the worm will prove 
much less serious than was apprehended earlier in the 
season. A good crop this year will be a great blessing to 
a people so exhausted as arc those of the cotton planting 
States. If, in connection with this, the corn crop turns 
ont well, a great stride in the way of reconstruction will 
have been taken. 
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The Barberry Blighting Grain.—T he opinion is 
somewhat prevalent in the Eastern States that the bar¬ 
berry hush and the wild cherry have a tendency to cause 
grain growing in the vicinity to blast. This result is 
supposed to be produced by an aroma exhaled from these 
shrubs and trees, but their real iulluence, if they exert 
any, is derived from the moisture they attract and the 
shade they supply. This causes dampness to the grain 
in tbe vicinity, aud this, in turn, induces rust and conse¬ 
quent blight. __ % % __ 
Hen Lice.— “Wheatland” says his hen roost is so in¬ 
fested with hen lice that the chickens refuse to occupy 
it, and wants to know how to diElodge the vermin. A 
correspondent, last winter, said he destroyed the lice on 
xcessive Heat, tUC UtlBy season, urn BuuiL uwwee urousnt up on snucp wuno - '—j --— n . * ,,- , ^n-^uu/ntc whilo onnsidpr- mnw^uiHwui, --. .. 
«nnt of mirterstandin 0- of the exact nature of the large sheep farmers should breed their own doge, and or disproving the various theories relating to the on the 10th was from it /A •' his premises and fowls in this way: — Mixed one-fourth 
7ml ZaT V “11,„J. L «,»- tod them pure. wrtJU: lor xtreblw (or tho cause, of the diffl- able .ale. were made m low a. 15 cto., wUch ™ „ „ ,.,phur iu lud.an meal, M led It to the 
I 'foZurL »„ 9mmm ^r-TTmaueetehed breeder Celtic, which thc practical cheese maker .0 ollec about a. high a. the genera, range m New_V.rk ftree , ln ™cce..,„n.^ The^, mlzrt ^ po.ud 
exhibition made growers a little slow; and espe- breed them pure._business; for searching for the causes oi me aim- 
csially some rules or the Asssoclation, for buying The Bl0 scoxmtv Flbece.-a distinguished breeder culties which the practical cheese maker so often 
•wool created a feeling that kept back many. The of thig state challenges* the thoroughness of the scour- encounters. For instance, there is an almost urn 
rules’ are rescinded, and resolutions adopted, for ing to which the fleece of Mr. Levi Noble's Merino ram yereal complaint this season of the floating curd, 
buvine wool on Us 'merits, and urging its being put was submitted - which fleece we recently recorded in Careful observation on the part of many dairymen 
nn in the beet order as for the common interest, and these columns as yielding 9 lbs. 3 oz. of scoured wooL in var i 0U E sections, when brought together and 
tit pr'enimr one of the wool growers said: -“Gen- Oar correspondent does not impeach the integrity or the compared at tbe convention, may lead to a solution 
prowd von out of one of these big rooms with our .iho Bf-pcns ftnViTnit.ted to them as indicating the remedy. An so lespec •= 
encounters. For instance, there is an almost uni¬ 
versal complaint this season of the floating curd, 
Careful observation on the part of many dairymen 
in various sections, when brought together and 
txernen, when your next exposition comes we 11 
crowd you out of one of these big rooms with our 
fleeces!” 
The opening speeches the first day were appropri¬ 
ate and interesting — Gov. Oglesdy, Hon. J. B. 
Grunnell of Iowa, and others, taking part. les- 
frerday was really exhibition day, and the rooms 
were thronged by visitors, greatly interested and 
"anally surprised. A visit to the wonderful stock 
yards, the greatest mart in the world of the kind, 
and kept in most admirable order, and a ride on the 
lake ont to the crib of the lake end of the tunnel that 
city. Sales of American factory were made in Liv¬ 
erpool, July 35th, at from 46 to 58s. Imports for 
the week ending at date were 29,371. English Ched¬ 
dar quoted at 66 to 80s. 
turd iloits anb Stems. 
in grease and daubed the hen roost. The lice left. 
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Self Regulating Wind Mill. —A correspondent from 
Illinois writesI am in want of a good, self-regulating 
wind mill. Can you inform me where the same can be 
procured ?” We ans wer, probably of the Empire Wind 
Mill Manufacturing Co., Syracuse, N. Y. 
shows that they scoured the fleeces submitted to them as " ^ suWeets^^uuflw discussion at <¥ ¥-^ --- _ „ w , 
thoroualilv as this process is usually performed iu the troubles. Besides, Ihe su j . _ v _ _ — Profitable Lambs.—Abraham Statts of Red Hook 
larger woolen mills. And he adds:-” I propose, to set the meeting last January were by no means exhaust- _ For the informati0 n of personal friends sent to New York, on the 20th of July, fifty-five March 
all cavil on the subject at rest, to have the fleece sub- e d, and it is known that scores of factories a correspondents it ie proper to state that, the Editor- lambs, which weighed, iu the aggregate, 3,763 P°™ d *’ 
mitted to a committee of manufacturers, say Hayden (of iug the value of the suggestions then made regard- tn-Chief'of'the C R urai. 1 is^beent and will not probably for which he received $415.87-or nearly $S per head, at 
Auburn) and the Syracuse man, Mr. Duncan,) or others, ing curd) milk, two days’ pressure, &c. Let us have ^ tQ Rochegte r-except, perhaps, on a flying visit— about four months old. 
to say whether it has received a fair‘commercial scour- the result of these tests. . seTeral m0 nths. Suffering from a malady produced -' 
ing,’ and if not, to give it one and see what it loses. I u It would add greatly to the interest or the con- p of alm09t i nce¥9 ant labor and care, Mr. M„ by Corn in North Carolina.— The Ashvilie News says 
am informed the parties are willing to send yon the vention if memberSj practical dairymen, would take tbe direction of b i g medical advisers, has resolved upon that the corn fields which awhile looked pale and sickly, 
lleece for that purpose, ifyou request it. more prominent part in the meetings, coming with a change of base to ihe Sea Shore and New York City, in have taken a new etarl -have a green hue and promise 
We feel bound to give ^th sides j m “ d carelully prepared papers on subjects con- the hope that rest, recreation and a somewhat different fully an average. 
^ hooted with inilk ami cheese-giving resuits of e, — On Meal for Stock. -V—TTrom Pennsylva- 
If he elects to accept it, we think the officers of the On- perimonts and tbe conclusions drawn fr , ' office—No 41 Park Row, Times* Building -- aon ,tu ’ above food for 
tario and Livingston Co. Association, or persons or their new theories and practices respecting cheese xnak- OUN ^ ^ ^ attenti0 n to the matter and 
manner of the Rural, neither of which will be forgotten 
or neglected during his temporary sojourn at the spas 
and sea-side. His address is New York, bnt all letters 
“ thronged by visitors, greatly interested and to say whether it has received a fair • commercial scour- tbe re * nlt 0 f these tests. 
* surprised A visit to the wonderful stock ing,’ and if not, to give it one and see what it loses. I „ It would add greaUy to the interest Of the con- 
y the g rea test mart in the world of the kind, informed the parties are willing to send you the vention ifmemberSi practical dairymen, would take 
Ld kept ifl^moat admirable order, end . ride « «■» S," to . Lrieg oe .be more p,ommont pert iu ‘he meeting, comtag wttk 
lake out to the crib of the lake end of the tunnel that . aad jt ig for the own er of the ram to make short and carefully prepared papen^on sub ects con- 
supplies the city with water, varied the entertain- gncban answer to the above proposition as he sees fit. nected with.milk am c cesc g v i i - 
ment. Last night an interesting disenssion was if he elect? to accept it, wc think the officers of the On- perimonts and tbe conclusions drawn from them, oi 
held in which Mr Needham, a New England wool- tario and Livingston Co, Association, or persons of their new theories and practices respecting cheese mak- 
ower Mr J L * Hayes Secretary of National designation, more appropriate parties than ourselves to iug) or auy of the details of the process, and the 
Association’Hon. J. B. Grinnell, a take charge of the matter, aud we do not feel that we reasons and observations which have induced the 
— r 22 -jzsrjt s: vaIulMe tetare mlgM bE ^ te ^ 
8 0 ^, aIoc,^; b«d otk.^; 
took part. These secured a mutual recognition of 8COUred w00 i r or the State Wool Growers’ Association— pies of ehee&c sho i y ’ . 
their common interest, and a sense of the benefit of woald carefaUy aim to do exact justice in the premises, ufacture, or for other reason, no ,h t 
such a conference to learn each other’s wants and An d there are enough other manufacturers in the State competition, hut that this demonstration may e 
feelings and thus have kind and quality of wool and who would do the same. made of the value of the experiments of which the 
cloths best fitted to forward their ends. -- cheese shown are the result.” 
' ty d „ v iR an aac tion sale of the cloths, which will Shefherds and Dogs. -A. D. Warwick, Lynchburg, Woa i d it not be well to extend these hints to the 
-Jp to bring them into the market, and test the Ark., asks:-” Will you inform mc what nation makes arUcle Qf buttel . al60 y cheese is good, and so is 
Prices they will bring. Here you have a glimpse of the best shepherds and how I could best get jupplied butt botb alike wort hy of the attention of dairy- 
prices they wu onug J B j with first-class shepherds and dogs i” Of foreign ehep- whether managing their herds or relating their 
this exposition, which is a great and encouraging Scotland faas perhap8 gent the moBt professional men ' “ t ,f_ witb tbeir co .iaborer8 
success for a beginning. It has demonstrated to a Qneg tp tbig country . They are usually very well in- experience me 
Corn in North Carolina.— The Ashvilie News says 
that the corn fields which awhile looked pale and sickly, 
have taken a new etarl—have a green hue and promise 
fully an average. 
Oil Meal for Stock.-A subscriber from Pennsylva¬ 
nia says he has looked in vain to see the above food for 
stock advertised. He and others wish to use, but do not 
know where to procure it. 
“ Another valuable feature might be added in the p(ir taining to the business department of the paper should 
introduction to the notice of the convention of 6am- b e directed to Rochester. 
VtvbUk 1 muov A. IIKV*. *•- — - 
To-day is an auction sale of the cloths, which will 
help to bring them into the market, and test the 
prices they will bring. Here you have a glimpse of 
this exposition, which is a great and encouraging 
success for a beginning. It has demonstrated to a 
pies of cheese shown for their style, manner of man. 
ufacture, or for other reason, not with a view to 
cheese shown are the result.” 
Would it not be well to extend these hints to the 
article of butter also V Cheese is good, and so is 
butter,—both alike worthy of the attention or dairy¬ 
men, whether managing their herds or relating their 
experience in convention with their co-laborers. 
— On account of the state of his health, Mr. M. has been 
constrained to decline all invitations thus far received to 
deliver addresses at Agricultural Fairs tbe present sea¬ 
son. aud cannot consistently make any engagements— 
which latter fact is only mentioned to save parties inter¬ 
ested the delay that would attend correspondence. 
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Prospects in the South. — W. O. V., Lexington, 
Miss,, closes a business letter, dated Aug. 3d, by saying: 
“ We have had three weeks of rain every day, giving ns 
in the aggregate an injurious exceeB which I fear wlU 
Maine Agricultural College. — The Maine State 
Times says this college is getting along quite satisfac¬ 
torily. Samuel Johnson, correspondent of the Bangor 
Whig, has been appointed Superintendent. 
RURAL BRIEF-MENTI0N1NGS. 
A farmer who rises early in the morning will find 
plenty to do and time to accomplish what is needful. 
An English dairyman says that the material for butter 
tubs should be well soaked in boiling water before being 
manufactured. 
A farmer in Iluntington, Iud., aged 66, is the father of 
33 children, and it is intimated that the shadows of others 
are being ” cast before.” 
degree that surprises the manufacturers even, the j onned | n thuir duties, industrious and carerul We 
great progress in quality and style of goods made in bave known many equally good shepherds from Ger- 
the West; it has opened the way for farmer and man- many, England and France. There are multitudes of ad- 
r ..... . 1 * _ _v_1_inncf r.t h«VA 
ufacturer to confer more thoroughly together; it 
has shown the benefit of our home-industry, and all 
will go homeward to-morrow glad to have been here. 
The officers of the Association have done much 
and well to make it successful and pleasant. I send 
mirable American shepherds — hut most of them have 
charge of flocks of their own, and cannot often be hired. 
We know this, becanse we have often made attempts to 
engage their services for friends, and have generally 
failed. Shepherd dogs are scattered over all the wool 
growing States — hut thinly, however, as not one sheep 
ABORTION IN COWS. 
Two years since an appropriation of five thousand 
dollars was made by the Legislature, for the purpose 
of enabling a Commission to examine into the cause 
of abortion in cows, and, if possible, euggest a rem¬ 
edy. The appropriation was exhausted without 
tell upon the cotton, more especially as there seems no A f armcr fattened a cow, mainly on turnips, and 
indication of dry weather at the date of this. As yet the result surpassed expectation. The beef was good and 
the cotton looks fine. If it should escape the blight of the tallow ™*V^*™*£ _ . _ 
c.ote Treasurv and finally elude the The way to accomplish the most on a farm Is to know 
the worm, and our ^iat. irea y, „ precisely beforehand what you want, to do and the ratio 
clutches of the —, we shall be blessed indeed. 0 j> m ,, anB b , possession to accomplish it. 
W P D Brenham, Washington Co., Texas, Aug. 4th, They have got an improved mole trap down in New 
»«»».,5 1 ?£ w Ci3.St!iX h 8 ll t .Sn: wlu ’ 
•» .to jg ssrsss 
\A 1 A 1 A 1 * — • _ i-A U W 1 11 U UIWVVU V <*■». MM tMl J ^ w , - - mi • - --- , , i UUUVI 11 r-, — w . - , 
von the resolves offered by Mr. Morrow of the West- owt)er j n ten who keeps his sheep in enclosed fields, appreciable results, and another five thousand voted the army grass worm, which resembles the genuine cot e tone composing them by the action of the elements. 
... . „ _«_J.,_!_ ___„(.♦» nm-Tirnanects for the future a _t.. «n«n(t hv nnuittml auaiVSIS. One 
e.rn Rural from a Joint Committee of Growers and 
Manufacturers, and adopted unanimously. G. B. s. 
RESOLUTIONS. 
Mr. G. B. Morrow presented the following from 
the Committee on Resolutions : 
Evolved, That wool growing is an important and should 
remain an essential feature oi Western agriculture; that 
The present depression of this interest is owing to causes 
temporary in their nature, and furnishes no good rea?ou 
sacrifice or their flocks and the abandonment of 
thcrlr business by those who have for years been prohtably 
makes use of them. We know of no place where they 
are bred in large [numbers and kept for sale. Breeding 
them for sale, and keeping well broken dogs ready to 
meet orders, and well advertised , would he a very profita¬ 
ble bnslness. 
Advertising in agricultural journals is the only mode 
we know of for persons residing in regions where sheep 
do not abound, to find shepherds and doge. The nation¬ 
ality of the former is of no consequence. Skill and 
I fidelity are the requisites to look for. 
for the same purpose. Farmers in the dairy regions 
most affected by the prevalence of abortion among 
their stock, seem anxious to know what progress, if 
any, has been made in elucidating the subject. Some 
express surprise that the Commission, in prosecuting 
their inquiries, pay so little attention to the dairy 
districts along the Mohawk Valley where the sever¬ 
est losses have been sustained. We have no means 
of knowing how the investigation is progressing, d octor 
nor in what manner it is conducted, but presume a gerous thi 
report will be forthcoming on the assembling of the humanity. 
ton worm in many respects. Onr prospects for thefuture Db Anderson has found by practical analysis, one test 
are bright indeed, and if rainy weather does not set in Se. 8 
within the next three weeks we wJ average The frequent forking over of bara-yard manure is essen- 
fiye hundred pounds to the acre. The whole country, ^ a unl f orm and proper preparation of it for the 
North as well as South, will feei the good effects of a eoib Left undisturbed, decomposition proceeds very 
heaw cotton crop. All we need now is peace to make slowly. 
the South the greatest agricultural country in the world. l fo°r b urtfbe 
* * * Many people fear yellow fever which visits all cooled to 62 degreee after being drawn from 
the tropical countries. As soon as physicians learn how the C()We . , „ x m 
to doctor this complaint, it will be found no more dan- tona -seems topay 
their business by those who nave im years Deeuprouiamj Luster Wool. — “A Grower,” Liberty, -, asks: repor t will he forthcoming on the assembling of the 
Tbit the interest of wool growers and of wool “What is luster wool, and wbat breeds does it come Leg j BlatT1 re, making public the manner of conduct- 
•mann fact urers arc so identified that the prosperity of both from!’’ This term is applied to English combing wool tbe examination and results of it. 
clae&ce ie essential to the permanent prosperity of either, a peculiar luster or gloss. We have seen it t * - - 
Itavlvcd, Th8t as Western woolen manufactories Air- almost equal raw eilk in this particular. Its advantage .... 
•.nifh a home market tor Western woeffs, saving to the that it retains this. hrllUancv after dving and manufac- White Cheese in ENGLAND -The Utica Herald 
nublishes a letter from a firm m Liverpool, stating 
and as they raroisn» i»r» h* T , “ 77 , Vz 
-very family, they should be encouraged In practicable 
^ays byovery Western farmer and wool grower. 
Resolved, That the interests of both growers and man- 
afactorers would be subserved by the production ol a 
treater variety of wool and wool products, in order that 
Ivery demand may he supplied, and the market for no 
class be overstocked. 
Resolved, That every effort should be made to improve 
beauty and value. High qualities of it are not common 
among even our fall blood English sheep. We have seen 
excellent samples from the Leicester sheep of Dr. N. 8. 
Townshend of Avon, Ohio, and it highly characterizes 
the imported [Lincolns of Hon. 8. Campbell of Oneida 
Mills, N. Y. These are marked cases which now occur 
MdcondittOT of W^temwo^; that growers | to us; many others are to he found in the country. 
pUDiisnes a lettm uum a mm m —. —”*•“*> com i n g a chronic bore.” The trouble seems to be tnat 
that tbe practice Of coloring cheese for tbe markets tfae of tbe enterprise cannot agree upon a plan, 
of Lancashire and Yorkshire, materially affects its g ome waD t an immense affair to start witb, while others 
value there. The best kinds, for these markets, are more modegt think it better to commence with such 
those without coloring, approximating the Chesh- budding# as are essential for a start, and add others as 
ire in quality and resembling the Cheddar in form, experience shall demonstrate their necessity. Five years 
Such cheese, without coloring, bring from one to have been spent in making a start, hut as yet without 
two dollars per hundred more than that with it. success. 
or this complaint, it will be found no more dan- Hkmt seems to pay well tn Kentucky. Two cases are 
or vT, ^ mentioned by a naner there as evidence of the profltable- 
than two-thirds of the complaints which afflict (d (be crop —$163 per acre in one instance and $140 
humanity. * * * I bave had this disease and seen Ul aao thcr, last year. 
hundreds of caBes of it, and I will say that It ie no worse, A Mii Butler, Franklin Co., (O.) has grown potatoes 
■when Droperly treated, than common ague and fever.” extensively, and goes in for the single 
wnen proper adopting this, eight bushels will go as far as forty planted 
-- whole, and prove equally productive. 
Agricultural College.—T he Ohio Farmer says j. r. dodge, statistician of the Agricultural Depart- 
uestion of an agricultural college in Ohio is he- ment, notesistt 
a chronic bore.” The trouble seems to be that ^ a( beef tlL . re lg bigber than last season ? 
iRgere of the enterprise cannot agTee upon a plan. A poulterer in Iowa, of five years experience, has 
Ohio Agricultural Colleob.— The Ohio Farmer says 
the “ question of an agricultural college in Ohio is be¬ 
coming a chronic bore.” The trouble seems to be that 
In 1770 appeared the army worm In New Eiig land. So 
numertfuts wfcrfi tho invaders that ditches, d uj? around 
fields two l'cct wide and as many deep, were filled in a 
single night. The destruction of vegetation w as fearful 
