&bcf|) Ij its bantu.}). 
It. S. RAnBaU., u. n., EDITOR, 
Op Court .an o Village, tbRtujin Couah, Nkw York. 
SHEEP FOR OREGON. 
Edward Smith, Kwselmrg, Oregon, puts a 
number of qucstidfla to as itt regard td cdm- 
niericing sheep husbandry in that State. We 
can now answer but a portion of them, with¬ 
in the space at our disposal. His first and 
most important question is:—“What breeds 
of sheep are best adapted to the climate and 
circumstances of Oregon ?” 
Oregon lies between the same parallels of 
latitude with most of New York and corre¬ 
sponding portions of New England. The 
climate, however, of that part of tile Pacific 
editst is stated to he about teti degrees wann¬ 
er Mian in the saute latitudes oil the Atlantic 
coast. Climate is affected by a great \ ariety 
of local circumstances; but according to the 
above asserted fact, the temperature of Ore¬ 
gon should, apart from such local influences, 
he that of SouLli Carolind arid, nldst of North 
Carolina, rather than that, of New York and 
New England. I lose burg, from whence our 
correspondent writes, is in Douglas county, 
near the southwest corner of Oregon, a trifle 
north of latitude forty-three degrees, and 
should correspond, isothermally, with Mil- 
ledgeville, Ga., and Cape Roman, a few miles 
north of Charleston, 8. 0. 
Our correspondent writes: 
" We want i hardy sheep—One that will endure out* 
mmd-tnniimd climate! in* irn have front four mot a 
hull to Mvv months Iri tile your without it drop ut 
moisture except trnmdew; nit.1 we experience great 
tiles, OurniK tliLs jlprhut, of ycnrllnus nod lute lumtis, 
Add tire OlOljjed, oonsi'duerlily, to have our Inmhs 
trap us noon utter the (trass starts ns pnssilile, wo 
,liey linri puss t.Ml« trying somm. And we wont .t 
Jrood tllrtt will uiekp Kooa nurses und Unrig strong 
nuliiu, so If dropped in .1 snow-storm which wo 
litvc few of—or lit cold, clillly ruins, which tire fro 
qiletil between November and April, they can tak« 
Cure of tliOiiiselvoH, As wool ('rowers here keep 
from one to nve thousand head, and never have to 
feed them any dry fo ld, we cannot Or <10. not (five 
them the attention the more tender Breeds demand.” 
Mr. Smith nlakes special inquiries in re¬ 
gard to tie: comparative adapt ation of the 
best varieties of “ combing wool sheep” and of 
Merinos, to the above circumstances. 
The varieties of combing wool sheep most 
generally’ approved in the United States are 
the English Clotswolds, Leicester, Lincolns, 
&c., and their ditfereiit crosses with each 
Other. In their proper situations, these sheep 
are unequalled in merit. They are believed 
to produce, when properly kept, more mut¬ 
ton in propertied to feed thari Merinos, W licit 
properly kept, they mature early. When 
properly cared for and managed, they are 
thrifty and sufficiently hardy. Their lambs 
are born strong. They are better nurses 
than the Merinos. The recent rapid develop¬ 
ment of worsted manufactures, the scarcity 
of combing wool in our country, and the 
protection afforded by the tariff against that 
of foreign growth, have rendered them pro¬ 
fitable for wool growing purposes alone, and 
this, added to their superior profitableness 
as mutton sheep, gives them for the lime be¬ 
ing, and, we repeat, in proper situations Und 
properly managed, the advantage over all 
other kinds of sheep. 
Let us now consider how far Oregon pre- J 
sents favorable or unfavorable conditions for 
their production. 1 It, has no accessible 
mutton market of any magnitude, and there¬ 
fore the superior mutton qualifies of these 
sheep are of but little comparative advan¬ 
tage there, ti. It is a conceded fact that the 
English long-wools will not herd well—that 
is, ruu together and thrive—in large flocks. 
We think no experienced manager of full 
bloods in the United Staten or in Canada 
Would choose to keep, or does keep, two 
hundred and fifty of them together in the 
same flock all the year round. Kept in 
flocks of from “one to five thousand,” they 
would become unthrifty and perish. 3. 
These large mutton sheep, to attain their due 
development and I licit- early maturity, re¬ 
quire plentiful and steady feed the year 
round. They must not be pinched to short 
keep or be compelled to travel very far for 
their food, or be subsisted on poor or innu¬ 
tritions food. 
The English breeds under consideration 
are the product of a very high system of 
feeding and care, where mutton is the pri¬ 
mary consideration, and where to be protit 
able it must be killed very young. And an 
essential consideration in profitable mutton 
raising in England is the manure. W ithout 
tills the fertility of the soil could not be kept 
up, and the convertible husbandry of that 
country maintained. 
Every man’s common sense ought to tell 
him how far such a system, or such sheep as 
we have described, are adapted to the climate 
and circumstances of Oregon —where rain 
does not fall for five months each year — 
where large flocks must ho kept to be of 
unv account—and where sheep and all other 
kinds of Stock must “ rough it,” and substan¬ 
tia fly take care of themselves. Whether so 
warm a climate is, in itself, unfavorable to 
the large English combing wool breeds, 
we are not fully prepared to say; — blit this 
much is certain, that the natural pasturages 
of such climates are unfitted to sustain such 
sheep in any considerable numb el's during 
the hot, dry months of the year. Kept in 
the common way, i. c., not supplied with 
more abundant, and nutritious food than the 
itatur.il pasturage, ami exposed to the weather 
unsheltered in the rainy season, these sheep 
have in all cases, so far as our knowledge 
extends, proved a failure in our Southern 
Slates. If they do not become unhealthy, 
they rapidly dwindle in size, and iu the 
expressive euntntoii pliiasCj hut out.” And 
this, too, has occurred lit comparatively Slllall 
flocks. 
The Merino also has its weak points. Tt 
is not a very good nurse. When young, it is 
a neglect ful mother. Young ewes in thin con¬ 
dition are very likely to pay no attention to 
their young, and oftentimes stubbornly dis¬ 
own them. The lambs, when the sheep are 
kept closely confined, atid arc limited to dry 
feed ill the winter (as in sonic of the Eastern 
States.) are sometimes tioril weak mid stupid. 
When each kind is treated properly, wo 
should say there was no great difference in 
lho fumUncxii of English and Merino lambs. 
Neither can be dropped safely in a “ snow 
storm,” or in “cold rains,” of any severity, 
unless soon removed to shelter. 
As bctwcoii groWii sheep, the MeriuO is 
unquestionably the hardiest in resisting un¬ 
favorable circumstances. It. is less liable to 
take colds (and incur their resulting dis¬ 
eases,) on account of sudden and violent 
changes of weather. It. will bettor withstand 
extremes of heat, and cold, and will vastly 
better hear up under very scanty feed. It is 
a better worker. On the arid plains of 
Australia it is oftentimes compelled to travel 
many miles daily, picking up a scattered bit 
of grass or bttsll hen! rtild there, and yet it 
maintains itself English sheep would starve 
under such treatment. And, finally, it has 
an entirely preponderating advantage, for 
wool growing purposes, by reason of its su¬ 
perior herding properties. A feu) tdiOep of 
any breed will do better by themselves than 
id it large flock, and for very obvious rea¬ 
sons. I>ut Iifl.eeit hiimifcti of more Merino 
sheep iu Texas, Buenos Ayres or Australia, 
habitually run together in a flock the entire 
year round, in good health mid condition, 
and without the least tendency towards 
physical or constitutional degeneration. We 
suppose larger numbers might run together 
safely were it considered, oil the whole, eco¬ 
nomical. 
These views of the respective adaptation 
of the combing mid line wool breeds to wool 
growing purposed, possess no novelty. They 
have been usually adopted mid practiced on 
by well informed persons for many years. 
The Englishman, with all his habitual preju¬ 
dices for the British, and against the line 
woolcd sheep, did not dream of introducing 
the former to any considerable extent at 
Australia, the Gape of Good Hope, or Bue¬ 
nos Ayres.* In Africa and Asia certain 
coarse wool native races have been bred by 
the inhabitants time out of mind, and there 
are occasional localities where they are kept 
inconsiderable flocks; but we know of no 
people who are acquainted with modern im¬ 
proved systems of farming or stock raising 
who, under any such circumstances as those 
presented in the countries previously named, 
or in those presented in Oregon, have at¬ 
tempted to grow the English mutton breeds, 
or any analogous breeds of sheep, on a scale 
large enough to make their products impor¬ 
tant articles of export. 
True, there is a greatly increased demand 
in our country for combing wool As 
already stated, that, fact and the causes of 
that, fact, render the mutton breeds, for the 
time being, extraordinarily profitable. But 
t he e.rtra demand for combing wool cannot 
continue very long, for the increase of sup¬ 
ply is proportioimbly stimulated; and it 
must be remembered that the total con¬ 
sumption of clothing wool is vastly greater 
than the total consumption of combing wool. 
The combing wool breeds should be greatly 
increased in the Eastern Stales and in other 
places from which adequate mutton markets 
are economically acceptable. They should 
be raised cm grain farms, dairy farms, <fce., 
where but few sheep are kept. They should 
be raised by careful, systematic farmers, who 
do tilings in the right way and at the right, 
time—farmers who know what the wants of 
these sheep are, and will not fall to provide 
for those wants liberally—in short, farmers 
who will give them a first-rate chance iu 
every particular. They should have abun¬ 
dance of sweet, nutritious grass every day 
in summer—some additional feed alter the 
first, heavy frosts—and in winter they should 
receive (with due shelter) abundance of 
choice bay, with roots or grain, or both. 
Under all these conditions, they are at pres¬ 
ent, the most pro ti table kind of sheep, and 
will not, unless the business is overdone, 
ever cease to be highly profitable. Nor do 
we consider it at, all probable that their pro¬ 
duction will ever be overdone. They de¬ 
mand a degree of care and system too 
repugnant to the tastes and habits of a great 
majority of American farmers ever to be 
produced to excess. 
* Many of the most extensive and best flocktnasters 
of Uueaoa Ayres are Englishmen and Scotchmen. 
MANUFACTURERS’ ASSOCIATION 
OF THE NORTHWEST. 
This Association held its annual meeting 
at Chicago, March —. A valued ctirre- 
Kpondent, (a grower,) who was present, 
writes us: 
“They had a fair meeting as regards nuniliot'H, amt 
an excellent one so far as zeal is eoneerimd. The de¬ 
sire lo preserve the i lift ah' . ordliil, w lilt the growers 
was very apparent. Untune man had any fault to 
Bud with the present arrangement between till) mun- 
ufnetunn * and growers, add that only In private con¬ 
versation I a>hod lijtii Innv long he expected to hold 
a tariff on doth* after lie repealed the one protecting 
growers, i i'lils was what he wanted.) llisunly tnj/ly 
was that he thought, at any rate the growers ought to 
oimeei|e Hi lli« "grinders" more of an advantage 
than Uu;v enjoyed under the present arrangement. 
The Association decided to lo.ld an Kxriosltlon at 
Ctm innatl, on the first, Tuesday In Aimed. Continu¬ 
ing four days. Itesuliltlons were patrsud seknnwl- 
etlt'lm' and reeiprocttttUff the friendly resdUllions 
passed tv the Illinois und other urotrtjru* Htule Asso¬ 
ciations last fall, and cordially Inviting our co-opein- 
tlon. fiioii their ComnilUee of Arrangements, am 
an oi|n;i| i,nmb«rof growers and mnnufnelure-s. All 
things considered, I am well pleased with the action 
of the Association." 
The following officers were chosen for the 
ensuing year i 
Preside at (ifeoRCll! S. Bowen* Chicago'. . 
Vlrt.piYKfdrnls-V. K. Nichols ot 1111 (ICffB; .1. G. 
Gross of Ohio;.I. E. Will tors of Wisconsin; tl. It. 
Gardner ot Michigan) Joseph Shields of town; K. It. 
I tort on id Indiana; Mr. Oloson of ,Minnesota ; U. A. 
Crawford of Kansas, and Mr. Itoss of Missouri. 
.sVrivf.M ii uml IViii.'ii h i .lease .McAllister,Chicago, 
Asstst.ini tircrrtnrh s—Wm. Molly,Chicago; Jas. M. 
Clark, Cincinnati., 
The following gentlemen were ftppolntt'il 
an Exposition Committee on wool ; 
A . At Garland,Chat ham. III.. President Illinois Wool 
Growers' dsftt'chltlon; 1411 fill Ison, O-dik 08 U,WI*., Pres¬ 
ident Wisconsin Wool Growers Association ; Hon 
J. It. Gmmell, Grlnnoll. Iowa; C. W. Mordfebll. Hoc 
retary Missouri Board ot Agriculture. Bt. I.ouis, Mo. 
When this Association Invited the growers 
of the country to participate in the Chicago 
Exposition, last year, we were of those who 
believed that, the latter could not with any 
propriety or self-respect thus strike hands 
with a hotly of men who had passed the 
miserable “ buyers’ rules” and stood pledged 
to enforce them. It was subsequently de¬ 
clared that these rules had been adopted 
without a due consideration of all the facts, 
and would he repealed before the time of 
holding the Exposition; but delay occurred, 
and they were not actually repealed until 
it, was too late for the fa t lo become gcuer 
ally known and to he to any considerable 
extent acted upon by the growers. Accord 
ingly the representation of the latter at the 
Exposition was merely nominal, 
The Manufacturers’ Association of the 
Northwest frankly, manfully, and w&hotil 
a dissenting vote, rescinded the obnoxious 
rules. They carried the same just and con¬ 
ciliatory spirit, into all the proceedin'?) of 
the Chicago Exposition. They have mani 
fested the same, disposition at their recent 
annual meeting, and in all the preparatory 
arrangements for the Cincinnati Exposition. 
On Bitch terms it is, in our judgment, deci¬ 
dedly for the interest of Western growers to 
unite iu that Exposition; uml we sincerely 
hope they will do all they can to make it 
a brilliant success. And nothing fails when 
Western men put their shoulder;) to t he xvhecl! 
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Ontario unit Living-Mini Hheep Hheurlilg. — Mr. 
Jons P. Hay, Secretary, writes us: — “The 
Union Wool Grower*’ Association of Ontario 
and Livingston counties, will hold Its next An¬ 
nual HhenriUg Exhibition at HuilOOyc Village, 
Ontario (Jo., May Gth. Special prizes have been 
OlTelvd, ns follows ;-Ono of twenty-five dollars 
by Wm. It. Pen’s of Honcoyo, for the Merino 
Uaru exhibited and shorn at the exhibition, 
whoso fiocce, upon being scoured, is found to 
contain the most wool ugo of ftoeco lining eon- 
side red ; one of twenty-five dollars by Howard 
B lWNSON of Must Hloointletd. for the Merino itum 
exhibited and shorn, as above, whose lleeen cou¬ 
nt ins the greatest, weight, age of llwece being 
considered. Affidavits will be required giving 
age of lineec and manner ot previous shearing 
in each ease; mid m the last that, no foreign sub¬ 
stance has been introduced into tho llcece to in¬ 
crease its weight. 
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Paternity of the Emit tndin Wool Derision. 
The N. V. Economist speaks of Secretary Mc- 
<Tir,i.iK’H*s ruling in regard to East India wools, 
made February 28th and published by us last 
week, us " Secretary Botmvm,L,'s decision;" mid 
in the name column publishes a portion of the 
decision under date of March 21 since Mr. 
IiotlTWKMi’B accession to his present office. 
This double mistake we take it for granted was 
unintentional; but should bo corrected, as it 
conveys n very erroneous impression. 
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Wind Growers in Congrens. in a, letter pub¬ 
lished in the New York Syracuse Journal we see 
the following almost, incredible statement: 
There are in I lie House of Heprwotdutivcs one 
hundred and two lawyers, of whom at least 
eighty-live are jn pel ive practice, itesides, there 
are twenty-one editors, about a third of whom 
have been printers. Of other occupations there 
are thirteen merchants, ten manufacturers, 
(woolens, cotton, iron. See.,) seven farmers, four 
doctors, one being a college professor,—four 
miners, three bankers, one paintor, one carpen¬ 
ter, one iron moulder; one begun life n* a tailor, 
another as surveyor, two as touchers, one being 
superintendent, of public instruction when 
elected. Them are two clergymen, and three of 
whom no business is reported. Seven regular 
farmers in Congress! How many ol’ the seven 
are wool growers? 
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Wintering Klirep in Illinois.—A correspondent 
writes us from Chatham, III., March 18th“ We 
have had a remarkably open winter. Not. once 
during the months of January and February 
was the ground frozen bard enough to hold u 
home through the Helds. Ho you can form some 
idea of tho‘time'wo have laid feeding stock: 
ns also tho etfoct upon sheep of so much rniii 
ami mud. Considering those circumstances, 
however, sheep generally are looking pretty 
well, and most of the growers are in bettor 
heart than for two years past. ‘ Winter lingers 
in the hip of spring.’ Since March 1st we have 
had some freezing weather, and at this time 
tt»e ground is covered with two inches of 
snow, and the weather is bolder than at any 
time during the two months preceding. 
THE LATE POULTRY SHOW. 
Notes on Exhibit ion of I lie New A ork Stale 
rouliry Society. 
The Empire Slate leads the van in poul¬ 
try shows, as in others. The late show was 
not only llie largest and finest ever held in t he 
United States, but on tills continent. 
The entries numbered something over one 
thousand, comprising all the well known 
varieties of fowls and pigeons, and many 
new ones. Quite u fine collection of dogs 
wan also shown, from the enormous Siberian 
bloodhound to the petted black and tan of 
eight to ten pounds. A few ponies were also 
shown, and a splendid collection of moulded 
birds, lieasls, fishes and inserts. 
A great deal of attention wan paid to an 
incuhdfor oV hutcluny murin'nr, shown by l>r, 
I’lUSTHKUK of In!) Ilowery, N. Y. Chickens 
were being brought forth at till hours. An 
electrical arrangement was shown in con¬ 
nection with it, which rang a bell when the 
heat got too high, and also when it got too 
low. Another bell was rung when a chicken 
was hatched, calling the attendant, to his 
duty. With this attachment the heat can 
always be kept at tho proper degree, and 
success Is certain. Tho only objection we 
can see lo it is that only the few can use il. 
Although perfectly practical to an electrician 
or to a scientific limn, not one farmer or 
poultry fancier in a thousand could manage 
or regulate it. The hell used in eonneetioii 
with il is seemingly a simple thing, hltt when 
disarranged, from whatever cause, il is not 
only a tedious, but a difficult, task to set 
it right. Or. 1\, who is a thorough electri¬ 
cian and a man of considerable scientific 
attainments, has spent a great deal of time, 
study and money in perfecting this machine; 
and has done it solely with a view to scien¬ 
tific ends, as he neither uumufacLures nor 
sells them. 
Another incubator was also exhibited, hut 
art it was not in operation, does not call for 
special notice. 
Of coops there-was quite a variety, some 
good, some poor. An exhibition coop, ex 
hihited by 8. J. McIntosh of Worcester, 
Mass., was the most, complete we have ever 
seen. A drawer under the floor composed 
of round rods set close together -received 
all the droppings, und could he taken out 
und cleansed without disturbing tho fowls ut 
all. The coop is open at top and two sides, 
thus giving the most perfect light on the 
fowls. When not iu use it can he folded 
up; and ten of them may he packed in the 
space occupied by one. 
Of feeding and drinking-fountains only 
one was exhibited, to which was awarded 
first premium. 
An artificial mother, for hovering young 
chickens elicited a great deal of interest. 
The apparatus consisted of a box about two 
feet wide, and four feet long, about three- 
fifths of which wus covered with glass, and 
the balance with tight wooden cover, under 
which was an arrangement of wool and 
other covering, to shelter the young chicks 
and protect them from the cold. A wanning 
attachment was added for use in cold 
weather, it shut up tight, at night, thus 
completely protecting the chicles from cats, 
rats, weasels, or other vermin. 11 is a great 
improvement on the English designs which 
have been in use for the last thirty or fifty 
years. 
Having illustrated many of the premium 
fowls iu our last, wc shall not notice indivi¬ 
dual coops this week. Tho show of French 
fowls was good, better than wo have ever 
before seen. The Philadelphia stock of Light. 
Brahmas were again ahead of all eompeti 
tors. Of Dark Brahmas there were a great 
many coops shown, containing Imt very few 
first class birds. Of Dorkings the show 
made up in quantity what it lacked in quali 
ty. But very few oven good birds were 
shown. 
Polish and Hamburg classes were well 
represented, some very beautiful birds being 
shown in each. 
Black Spanish were poor—not more than 
two or three coops deserving even a passing 
notice. 
Cochins were superb. We never saw so 
fine a show before. 
GeeseAvcre indifferent; ducks good; pea¬ 
fowl and Guinea fowl, good; pigeons were 
poor, and not in very large numbers. A fine 
collection of pheasants from Central Park 
was shown, and attracted a great deal of at¬ 
tention. 
As a whole, the collection was a fine one, 
although a great many very inferior birds 
were shown. 
The general arrangements for the. Exhibi¬ 
tion were good, the spaces being well laid 
out so that the fowls would show to the best, 
advantage; hut the details of the arrange¬ 
ments were but indifferently carried out. The 
classification was miserable. A stand was 
provided for each variety , hut on the stand 
the whole were jumbled togclher. Thus in 
the French class, Creve-coeurs, La Fleelio, 
and I Iranians, alternated, or mixed in, all 
the way around. In the Bantam class it was 
worse yet. A coop of Golden 8ebrights 
might he found next to a pen of Black Afri¬ 
cans, which in turn was neighbor to some 
white,lavas; then Games, then Dominiques, 
tin’ll Silver Sehrights, then Black again, and 
so on around the circle. Just so all around 
the room. The Cochin and Dark Brahmas 
were, nil mixed up. We have bclbre advo¬ 
cated ii strict, classification, It is impossible 
tor the judges to gel through their duties 
correctly, or satisfactorily unless it is done. 
Another source of dissatisfaction was the 
deferring of the publication of the premiums. 
These wore not made known until the tiller 
noon ot the last, day of the Exhibition, and 
so late that, but very ft w knew or saw which 
the prize pens were. Many were at the Ex¬ 
hibition from the country, who were anxious 
to know tr/tir/i were premium birds ; tint of 
course went away no wiser Ilian they came. 
On the French classes, Cochins, Brahmas, 
Bantams, Dorkings and Leghorns, the judg¬ 
ing was excellent, Imt. on the Hamburg and 
Polish el,asses very faulty. The most beau¬ 
tiful trio of Silver Polands in the room were 
awarded fourth premium. In tho miscella¬ 
neous class, some very remarkable decisions 
were made, among which the throwing out 
of the Artificial Mother as unworthy of a 
premium, on the ground that it would har¬ 
bor lice and collect moisture. Such judges 
must be very ignorant of poultry breeding, 
or else assume lo know more than our Eng¬ 
lish neighbors, who have used similar ar¬ 
rangements for nearly half a cent ury. 
But we forbear. Tho Society did well in 
its first exhibition, though there is room for a 
great deal of improvement. It. lias our best 
wishes for its success. 
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PURITY IN BREEDING. 
Youn correspondent, “ II.,” in the Rural 
of March 13th, lias touched upon a nice 
pf'int in breeding animals, which cannot, fail 
to interest and bring out arguments and the 
experience of many. 1 hope the opportunity 
will not he lost. An excellent article on this 
subject may he found in the Practical Far¬ 
mer, Pa., April, IHIIH, page 53. 
A s to the subject matter I shall briefly say 
that while I have been somewhat, Qkeptieal 
whether the same will hold true to the feath¬ 
ered tribes, as in hogs, that “when a pure 
bred animal of any breed has been pregnant 
by ait animal of a different breed, such preg¬ 
nant animal is a cross ever after, the purity 
of her blood, being lost in consequence of 
her connection with the foreign animal, and 
is ever after incapable of producing a pure 
product of any breed," yet, 1 have no good 
reason to disbelieve it, from the experience of 
others. 
At all events, I never allow different breeds 
of fowls to associate together at. any time. 
The old maxim is the best, “ a place for every 
fowl, and every fowl in its place." As for 
the one gobbler favoring and satisfying a 
whole neighborhood, by a single visit to each 
family, nn/y he so ; hut the same will not 
answer for liens. In one transaction 1 lost 
faith in the limits of impregnation. My 
theory is, the cocks and hens must associate 
together constantly to insure the hatching 
of eggs. 
In June, 1800, I bought the first, Brahmas 
1 ever owned — a pair of pullets. Mr. M. 
\\ rote me accompanying the fowls as follows: 
“ The eggs you will get from these liens for 
the next lirnr w eeks w ill produce pure chicks 
il kept, away from cocks of other breeds. 
'I hey have, hail plenty of male company.” 
The fow ls were received June 13th, and 
on the 18ih, only the fourth day from their 
former companions, 1 let a neighbor have 
three eggs from them for hatching. Tlicsc 
were set with twelve Spanish eggs, making 
a nest of fifteen. The result was, every egg 
in the nest halglmd except the three Brahmas. 
The next half-dozen of their eggs 1 set, 
making the balance of the setting with Black 
Spanish v ith the same result os before. This 
was conclusive to my mind. Though still 
somewhat skeptical as to whelher “ when a 
pure bred fowl has been pregnant to a fowl 
of a dill’ercnt breed, such fowl Is ever after 
incapable of producing a pure product,” I 
have never allowed different breeds to asso¬ 
ciate together. Geo. K. Hawley. 
Glen Falls, N. V., 1S69. 
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Lnrse Hr/iliinn*. 1 see in the Kukal Miat S. C. 
PrkstoN, Butuviu, N. \\, boasts of liaviiiff larfco 
Brahma fowls. I have a pair, twenty months 
old, that weigh twenty-four pounds- the cock 
foil neon pounds, the lien ten pounds. Also one 
pair eight, months, that weigh twenty and ono- 
f on rlli pounds I hr cook twelve and one-fourth 
pounds, tiie pullet eight pounds. If any one 
Hast ran Oral, this, I will try again tins sum¬ 
mer. Danibl Bonn ear, PtiinesriUe, (J. 
Chicken Choleri*.—M, H. KiCHAuns, Canaan, 
<asks for a remedy for tills disease which rim 
be relied upon. He says thousands of chickens 
have died of It in his neighborhood. He does 
not, know the cause, but ho does know that the 
liver and heart enlarge to almost three times 
their natural size, and appear rotten. Who can 
give information? 
Eintiden Geese. A. H. BVPRUlt. Salem, W!s.„ 
asks where* he eftn get; apuir of pure bred Emit- 
