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Of Cobtland Viu.a«k, Cokti-aad Countv. Nkw Yobk. 
SOME FACTS ABOUT WOOL. 
The Prairie Farmer (Chicago,) lias Hie 
following article under this head (June 5,): 
“ Tub. extra clean. 
Tub coimiitin 
Fleece, XX, pm>tl condition. light. 
Fleece. XX, had etUMlillon, heavy. 
Fleece, X. it <••>»«• iiti«ni, llglit— . if?',':.; 
Fierce, X. :>ml CUinliliull, heavy,.. 
Fleece, medium guild enuilitldh, huht. 
Fleece, medium had rendition. uuuvy..-. 
F’leeee, coarse, IirIiI and clean. 
Fleece, course, light utid dingy.. 
Fleece, unwashed, line. . 
Fleece, imiva-hed, eoArso... 
Fleece, dlnyy and unsightly lots., 
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ous to manufacturers and dealers and con- 
minor*t L)o they want so far to kill Ameri¬ 
can production as to be loft entirely to the 
supplies of the foreign market, unchecked 
and unregulated by domestic competition.' 1 
Will sound minded manufacturers claim 
that, with our home production and compe¬ 
tition substantially destroyed — our wool 
taritr destroyed, (for who would care to keep 
it when there was nothing for it to protect?) 
our wool markets entirely open to the 
The Above lire the opening nuutiitlon* for new 
woof u5 riven m (he nreular of 
hmm? in Mils fity. nurt puUlu»li«vl in tlio , ./ 
Mnnclttv lu-t. These livum* have heiui copied . Uh- 
sliinthuly hv ne, a. d I be elfy de u 1 'V,' " men lot 
emit over the country ns an authoi llWd xt itenu ni al 
tin- wool market <d Chicago, Vo t ‘Tu l i; 1 y 111 i 1 mt;f v 
urea given are so wide of the mark and m iwIpuMy 
untrue.lt I. not likely they have tloeelvod ai bi. y 
who tends the Praline lmrtuer. mid wee.-ill ittentt ■ 
to them merely to rge.ord onr dewunclntton of all 
to them men I> vu h lJrudll(vrs ,, x t l,c proceed* 
ifhelii | world— they would be ns well olf as now V 
In the first, place, do any such men imagine 
that, divorced from the producing interest, 
if not loaded with its hate as its destroyer, 
they could, single-handed, maintain their 
side of the tariff —their protection, when mol 
protection wtts swept away ? And were it 
otherwise, how about tin 1 raw material, de¬ 
rived entirely from abroad? Are they pre¬ 
pared to tight alone with the capital and 
combinations of Europe, and the combina¬ 
tions of local producers for the control of the 
foreign wool trade and the regulation ot 
such attempt* 
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It is well known that uinsumer* nf wool, notwith¬ 
standing llm rant that certain tioaoo*unable puds 
hi-c h-fl, unsold, lire nervously anxious "vm tin. 
abort crop t-r Mint tiller -that haste m part ten ar« 
Hoouriiii? tb(? country un*l olrunnij money tu 
hiindH or West, ill local dealer* to bnv under the 
di-nressiun .-xpc-'tisl to he caused by yuat Mirh-|U->- 
talloii* as the ilmvc and Mint 1 ' rl ^‘I'l'.i'nlVlmT this 
of a very dliferent tenor. We do not doubt, that, li 
eilv, as the di-I rihul I ay point foV Westei u Wool, will 
tally maintain in Hie mi urn the favorable opinion of 
therent, mass of the grown i and country dual* r* 
who tried It la-1 year. The elements ol a rood 
m irlo-lure certainly here; the chief ot which, nett 
! i lair dr-alinc on I lie part of r.oiiilliis’oou houses, s 
a compel >i on- trout the Eastern, l iVniKliail and West - 
el’ll Itllils, l.et our renders vtA.o ^ ;; w wool ni l l e 
fi-iehlem-d I font I heir propriety, hut UllIlKet I hell 
elips wilhoill reference lo sensei loniil, interested 
ffiiiulnti. biiS the result will jusUfy their course." 
We have seen no such list of prices as the 
above given in New York or Boston Wool 
Circulars. But we find the New York 
Economist, the organ of the wool merchants, 
holding forth as follows (June 5th): 
“ We nmler’suind that a number of mill* arc o.nn- 
teinpl-ii my a reduction hi the hour* of labor with a 
view to I'mliic.’ prod ill:! I fur » Isa, tact that the 
eoii-uiTipl ion of iw ,ohms is m-t near ho large as it wn* 
mifoi e war The rieal prlee at which lood is *. 
prevents consuinei’" from pureha-iim. ihn liinoiiiil 
fit elntliiru’ llieV would «ihVrwi*n do were the cost of 
livinp le s. it l* Still matter ol spccuwiium at 
whieli prlee Wool will Lm sol-1 In tUo WiJ*l. It I* 
rt mi i hut ill tlip price at which wmoIpiIm arurtolltfift 
nmuufaotur “wV-aitnot afford tu pay more than they 
D i U thn opening of the season last year, h . 
too nuestiop i*, in vit-w of all (be circam.minces, will 
t he tai-inei a -dl lit the wiim: prlee they sold at a year 
“^One reason why Uiey will not. I*Mm fact,Mint hv 
holdimr on they ohtntnevl IrotntlVo to ten ''Crifi nd- 
Viinee. Another, nod the most sii'oincliut Hi tbijt 
the Ar-sessor,i llsls in the dltfereiii diiitos W-’sl.show 
n troiuendoos tallinu oil in the produetioii ol wool. In 
01ii?- *0 fai s - beard from, we oml.-rslntid here 1* 
about, seventeen per cent, less in f hut Ml,He thiiu In.-t 
yen,-, will, li Will imoillil I" n decrea.se oI a™ Mb 
(Srm.iYin pounds, if llm hliflnkiuro in o ber ^ 
equal to Ohio, and we appvcherid Hint III « » 
these Stall’ I here will he a itreatur fulllPK olf thOti 
InOlilo In the Stale i-d Verm nit, New Kimiii 
ami Maine, they have h.st Ihr-.uuh disease and hard 
winter about ten per cent, in addition to Ho largo 
ailiount 1 slao Filter's I Iasi, year ; In one county of 
Ml, hlitlin tin re wei e Vn nno slauiillterod I ust > e.n , and 
this sprlnii tlmre tin- broil nil other i-hiniiliiu mil by 
disease; It is not liUeJv Mint mere will be the IliuOUfit 
Of nulled wont thrown upnn the iiiarUel this year a* 
there wm Iasi, -vlilcli preventml the pure ol lleeee 
wool till* year from minK !-oi’C’l«n WO" 1 Is -nitot 
the qm-'lloll, Mud ennnot he imported till Buell t.lrnos 
ns the prii-i’ rciiutiua ft point which would ho aatlBfftC- 
* '-'\k to!, n-avi■ already *ntd, the condition of the 
woolen market will not permit of better prices than 
opportunity allowed for combination,) why 
would it not he better for us to send out- 
dips direct to them, and request, the return 
of such it price as they might fed disposed 
to give, and thus save the commission of 
those parties who stand by the way-side 
and shave a fortune from the article while in 
transit ? 
“My advice to wool growers is to keep their 
dips out of these ‘ slaughter pens’ — and out 
of the hands of the men who run them — as 
they will quite too often be found leaning In¬ 
wards the interest of * the parties of the 
second part.’ 
“ The fact is patent to every one who has 
given the subject an intelligent investigation, 
that wool is now, and has been for t he past 
three years, the cheapest agricultural com¬ 
modity in the market; and nothing can keep 
it, from early assuming its relative value 
among the produda ot the country 1ml a 
thorough combination ot in It Tested parlies. 
L believe the Inauguration of these ‘gill en¬ 
terprise’ s.ales a step in the interests ol Midi 
a combination. Whether the parties eon- 
dueling them intended it should be so, or 
only go to add a few more to the already 
hirvc number who have had 1 the wool 
prices? Their woolen taritf, with no sup¬ 
port, but their own, would stand about as 
long against the inrushing currents of free 
trade as a cob-house would stand on the 
foundation of Eddy.stone light-house in a pulled over their eyes,’ 1 am not disposed to 
storm. They would resist European and discuss. 1 think the rcQult ol their art ion t 
local combi nat ions in 
a year ago. 
This is only a now variation of the old 
tune, always sung when a new clip is taken 
off. There ore always a multitude of good 
reasons then, why wool ought to lie low, and 
must be low or find no sale! But the Econ¬ 
omist very pertinently asks:—“In view of 
all the circumstances, will the farmers sell 
at the same price Ihcy sold at a year ago ?’’ 
To confess the truth, we think they won’t-,— 
and for the very good reasons stated by our 
contemporary, that they got. from five to ten 
cents more by holding on last year —that 
there lias been “ a tremendous falling off in 
the production of wool’’—• and that, “foreign 
wool is out. of the question.'' and “cannot be 
imported till such times km the price reur/os a 
point which would be satisfactory to growers.” 
This last Lh a significant confession, by the 
way, in a journal which frequently attempts 
to persuade the growers that, the wool tariff 
is injurious to them. 
It may be too bad for the opulent wool 
growers of the country—a large majority of 
whom have not a dollar ahead ot unexempt- 
ed income to report—to disregard the lament¬ 
able fact that the “ condition of the woolen 
market” will not permit the poor manufac¬ 
turers, and the poor wool dealer* (who ought 
to be paid handsomely, certainly, for hand¬ 
ling a product which they neither grow nor 
manufacture) to gather in the clip ol 1H(J9, 
at prices which will pay the bare cost of pro¬ 
duction. But we suspect the growers will 
be just selfish enough to have no bowels of 
compassion in the ease. 
Seriously, it Ls whining and false to assert 
that the grower can as well afford to sell at 
the prices of a year ago, as the manufacturer 
can afford to pay more. It is not claimed 
that the woolen trade is ns brisk and re¬ 
munerative »0w as it sometimes is—as much 
so as all parlies could wish it to be. But in 
times of mutual depression is it. lair and just 
that all the loss, or a greatly disproportion¬ 
ate share of the loss, should fall on one side? 
Shall the wool grower be squeezed to 
death to save the manufacturer from a 
moderate pressure ? 
Are not the different parties besides the 
producer, who handle wool, pushing their 
game of keeping down the wool market a 
little too far and too long for their own. benfr 
fit ? What is the significance of the facts 
confessed by the Economist, in this direc¬ 
tion? Is not our fine and medium wool 
production diminishing to an extent danger- 
the foreign wool j 
market about as effectually as a dam of bul¬ 
rushes would stop the Nile. 
Gentlemen wool manufacturers and deal¬ 
ers, you have already pushed the game of 
keeping down the wool market ton danger- 
ous point. In the principal wool growing 
Stales of the Union, production has not been 
remunerative for several years. In such 
States as New York and Ohio it has been 
carried on at a decided loss. There is not a 
man in New York that does not know that 
when a pound of butter and a pound of 
wool sell at the same price, the former is 
vastly the most profitable product. The 
wool growers who owned merely ordinary 
flocks have already, to a great extent, got 
rid of them. The owners of better flocks 
have clung to them, hating to throw away 
the valuable improvements they have made 
in them—that they have been so proud of— 
hoping for the eventual “ reconstruction ” of 
their industry from the, dire demoralization 
growing out of the war. A few months 
since, that hope seemed to be beginning to 
he realized, The progress was slow and 
limited, but gallant men took hope and held 
on. Even the New York Economist, for 
once, look the role of U bull ” instead of 
"bear,” and prophesied that wool production 
was to he the most profitable one in the 
country for years to come, li e prophesied 
that it would he a profitable one. Ami so il 
will be if growers can and will hold on, and 
the wool tariff can he maintained. But 
while the horse is being taught to live with¬ 
out eating he perishes! 
This attempt to beat back prices to those 
of a year ago, if it succeeds, will drive fresh 
thousands out of wool production. It. will 
be the last feather to break the camel’s back. 
When the long waited for improvement, 
once started, is set back, it will fill the 
grower's mind with greater discouragement 
than if no previous improvement, had taken 
place. 11' the reaction should lie maintained 
for another year, we fear the cause would be 
lost. Gentlemen wool manufacturers and 
dealers, your wiser course for yourselves, i» 
to share your loaf with the grower. You 
had better divide and make a scant meal 
yourself, than to slum: him to death. 
Do we advise this matter to be left entirely 
to the magnanimity of the parties above, ad¬ 
dressed ? By no sort of means. We advise 
others to treat them justly—blit we advise 
the wool growers to rely on themselves to 
take care of themselves. We advise them 
not to sell at the prices of last spring. It this 
is demanded, let us have a trial of nerve and 
pluck with our adversaries. Let us see if we 
cannot hold our wool “ a spoil,” quite as well 
as they can wait for il. Two months -uni- 
cersal holding would compel them to sue 
for peace. 
We trust, however, no such struggle is 
destined to take place. We believe the wise 
heads among the manufacturers and dealers 
will discountenance it. And we believe the 
hot heads, on taking the soberer second 
thought, will choose to let the meditated at¬ 
tempt severely alone. 
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against, the interest of wool growers, and at 
them l strike. 
“Again, we are told that the. manufacturing 
interests arc depressed. So is the interest ol 
wool growing. It, in common with all other 
interests, has suffered from the general shrink¬ 
ing in values from the war standard ol four 
years ago. The decrease in the number of 
sheep in the United Stales—which isesti 
mated at twenty per cent, for the past year- 
proves this; and now that the reduced sup¬ 
ply of domestic wool iii the country, the tail¬ 
ing off in importations, and the. certainty ol 
a shortened clip for I HI 19, all point towards a 
return of compensating prices to tlm grower 
of wool, that combinations should lie sought 
by those interested in keeping down the price 
of the product should not occasion so much 
surprise as the effrontery of those assisting in 
such combinations in claiming to be acting 
in the interest of wool growers.” 
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IVaMimiH \gricuUtirlnt. We are pleased to hear 
the Hi 1 1h i in ol' the National Association of 
Wool Manufacturer* speak thus apprccfutitiffly 
of a worthy contemporary: “TIuj western 
counties of Pennsylvania, the eastern counties 
of Ohio, unit llie Pan ltmulle counties of West 
Virginia, are fortunate in having reeenl.ly se¬ 
cured, through tins ‘ National Agrioull uri t, pub¬ 
lished at Plttsburnh, the wntcrof this District, 
the services of Mofler j . Oi.k.v.s & MiiothiUK of 
Nohlostown, I’a., as editors In Hu> department of 
Sheep Husbandry in Mint journal. Thecontrlbu- 
I Ions of these Kent lemen evince careful research, 
a familiarity with physiological principles, and 
a knowledge of practical details, while their 
hearty sympathy with all tlio departments of 
American production, and with the policy by 
which they me best promoted, makes them most 
welcome allies to the Cause of home industry.” 
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tYijflhP of Ur. Rnrlirr'a Fleecl'S. W\l. F. 
mat of I last leton writes us that Ins unwashed 
Merino fleeces, being nf one year and three days’ 
growth, weighed aa follows: Vcurllii# ram, 10 
ttis.; ewes, la tbs., a lbs., IIS lbs., 10 1 lbs,, lag 
lbs., 14 tbs., 19 lbs., IT lbs., la lbs., irp, lbs.; tegs, 
13 V. |bs., 8 lbs. 10 o/.„ 12 1 1 lb. ., II lbs., Ill lbs. The 
ewes raised lambs. He says the following per¬ 
sons witnessed the sheuiiiw and weighing; 
Sknkoa Fiki.ii, M arcus Hawkins and Hocomon 
Dkwky. 
■- 
Scab.—As some controversy exists as to the 
fact whether tobacco alone will cure scab, wo 
take the following from a private letter from 
A. M. G Ani.A.so F,si|. of Illinois. He says: “ this 
direii: o has but few terrors lor us here as it 
yields readily to tobacco.” 
I then tied the rope to a post and milked her 
without iter offering to stir. I then took the 
rope off and have mi Iked her many times since, 
and she. has never lifted a foot. She is three 
years old, and gives twenty pounds of very 
rich milk at a milking. 
Now to teaeJi the calf to drink. Here is 
the practice I have followed for several 
years. Sometimes, if the cow’s bag is caked, 
I let the calf suck thro© or four days, or three 
or four weeks if necessary; it will make no 
difference with teaching the call' to drink. 
When 1 remove the calf 1 place it. in a stable, 
and let it remain twenty- four hours; il will 
lay very quiet. I milk for il about four 
quarts of new milk, and il'Iheeall'issuflicieiM- 
ly hungry it will come up to me. Hold one 
hand on the under side of the pail, the other 
hand hold the bail; the calf will smell the 
new milk, run out, its tongue, and then I 
must seize the first opportunity, when Ids 
nose is inside of the pail, to suddenly lift it, 
(the pail.) If the calf oneo gets its nose in 
the milk, it will drink without any trouble. 
L used, when a hoy, to have to get astride 
the calf’s back, get it in a corner, with 
another hoy to hold the pail. I would then 
tlnirst my lingers in its mouth, try to bend 
its head in the pail, get his nose in the milk, 
and it would give a sudden snort and a bunt, 
and up would come the calf’s head, the 
milk Hying, like an April shower, in my 
face and all over my clothes. 1 generally, 
at that time, would get “mad” and box the 
calf’s cars soundly, and get his head in the 
pail again ; another snol't, and over goes the 
pail, milk and all, anil the calf did not drink 
a drop; lost four quarts of new milk, spoiled 
my clothes, patience was tried, and l tired out. 
I would have to repeat the modus operandi 
several times, Such, no doubt, is the ex¬ 
perience of many of your readers. 
I forgot lo say that the calf must not at 
any time he allowed to suck the hands; 
keep them out. of his way. Home calves re¬ 
quire to go a longer time hungry before they 
will “collie to terms.” Badger Boy. 
Foil du laic, Win., IW1I). 
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WRINKLES ON HOB,NS. 
ij;I)C Maine- 
fee 
In the Rural of February 20th last, 1 
noticed a communication from A. T. II., 
Dryilen, N. Y., who calls for “ the opinion of 
others” regarding the wrinkles on the horns 
of cows. It is considered by most cattle 
breeders that the wrinkles on the horns of 
an ox or cow are a true reading of their ages, 
This, as a general rule, is correct ; hut, like 
other “general rules,” it. has deviations, in 
enumerating which 1 will give the philoso¬ 
phy, as given to my satisfaction by an ex¬ 
perience of some fifteen years, during which 
time I have been more or less working with 
cattle. L firmly believe the wrinkles on the 
horns are governed by the shedding of the 
hair more than by the age. 
When the animal sheds its hair the third 
time, it makes a wrinkle on the horn which 
is perceptible; until that age, the wrinkle is 
generally imperceptible —there are some ex¬ 
ceptions —and every time thereafter that the 
animal sheds its hair there will be a, percep¬ 
tible wrinkle on the horn. 
An animal that is three, years old in the 
fall shells its hair the third lime, in the 
spring previous, and, as a consequence, has 
i wrinkle on its horn for llie two and ouc- 
lialf years old ; and should any calamity oc¬ 
cur which will reduce it in the summer, and 
il sheds its hair twice in the same year, t here 
will be two wrinkles for that year. 
Lebanon, Mo. M. W. O.. 
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DENTITION OF ANIMALS. 
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BREAKING HEIFERS, 
Anil Teni'liliia (,'«l v«h linw lo Drink. 
WOOL AND “WOOL SALES.” 
A. M. Garland, Esq,, of Illinois, in a 
letter to the St. Louis Journal of Agriculture, 
thus ventilates the subject of the recent 
move to establish wool auction sales in New 
York City: 
“ I Inve noticed with regret the seeming 
favor with which you look upon the last 
trick of Eastern middle men to keep down 
the price of wool, /. e. the resort to forced 
sales at auction. This is but one of the 
1 movements along the whole line. ’ resorted 
to by interested parties to play into the 
hands of the manufacturers. If the manu¬ 
facturers are to have our wools at whatever 
price they may choose to offer, (and that 
alter full notice lias been given, and ample 
ESSEX HOGS. 
Titr improved Essex is justly considered 
one of the, most valuable of the English 
breeds of liogs. It was originated by tlio 
late Lord Western of Essexshire, and has 
ince been extensively bred and disseminated 
by W. Fisher 11 oishs, who had unusual 
facilit ies for obtaining ihe very best, animals, 
on which he has since made considerable 
improvement. This breed is said to have 
carried off a. very large proportion of tlio 
prizes at the shows of the justly celebrated 
Smithlield Club, England. 
This breed was derived from across of the 
native hogs of Essex*,hire with the Neapoli¬ 
tan, they closely resemble the last named, 
both in form and color, hut have better 
lorm and size, much more hardiness, and a 
better constitution. 
Htevf.nh, in his “ Book of the Farm,” 
says of them: —“ As to the breed that shows 
the greatest disposition to fatten, together 
with a due. proportion of lean meat, I never 
saw one equal to that originated by Lord 
Western of Essex. They are exceedingly 
gentle, indisposed to travel far, could attain, 
if kept long, great weight, mid urn so com¬ 
pact in form, and small of bone and offal, 
that they invariably yield greater weight of 
pork than was judged before being slaugh¬ 
tered; and more delicious ham was never 
cured than they afford.” 
The Essex is usually black, but like the 
Berkshire, it is not even “skin deep,” the 
color being entirely confined to the, hair and 
outer or scarf skin. When dressed by the 
usual mode of scalding and scraping t he skin 
is quite white. The meat is of superior qual¬ 
ity, the fat being firm and the lean tender, 
line-grained, and rich in flavor. They also, 
like the Berkshire's, are quite free from cu¬ 
taneous diseases, their skins being usually 
smooth and healthy, however much they are 
exposed to the sun and mud. And as com¬ 
pared with the Suffolk, they attain greater 
weight at a year old; but I hey grea tly resem¬ 
ble the Suffolk in everything, except color, 
are more hardy, and yield a larger propor¬ 
tion of lean meat. 
The Essex were first, brought into general 
notice in the United Stales about the year 
1853. We are greatly indebted to ( ’ol. L. G. 
Morris of Fordham, Westchester Co., N. 
Y., for their more general introduction, ho 
having made importations from 1801 to 1854. 
And he seems to have been very fortunate in 
his ©election of animals for importation, us 
ho lias imported and bred some, of the finest 
swine ever exhibited in the United States. 
His Berkshire*, Suffolk* and Essex were in¬ 
variably of the finest quality, and his stock 
have perhaps done more to improve the 
swine of the country than that of any other 
breeder or importer. 
There have also been several later impor¬ 
tations of Essex hog* made. Ha mi f.l Thorn 
of Thorndale, Mr. Brewer of Staten Island, 
and Gen. C. S. Wainwriout, have eaoh 
made importations of valuable Essex swine. 
In the bands of these able and enterprising 
breeders the reputation of this breed lias 
rapidly risen to the front rank, and is now 
perhaps as popular as any of tlio small 
breeds, wherever introduced and tried. 
The sows are prolific breeders, producing 
large litters, but are rather indifferent nurses. 
Ridge Farm, Ill. Rkricsiiire. 
I raving raised a valuable Short-Horn 
and had her “ coins in ” the first of May,some 
persons told me that her hag would cake sit 
that season of the year, as she had been 
turned out to grass three weeks and was well 
kept through the winter; consequently l 
gently milked her once in four or live days 
for two weeks prior to her calving. The re¬ 
sult was not a particle of Caked bag had she 
after calving. Wishing to make a gentle 
cow of her, and having no one to assist me 
to milk her, 1 had to employ brain work, to 
do it. I did not wish to whip her, knowing 
her disposition and temper was good. Al¬ 
though very gentle to handle before calving, 
afterwards she was very excited and irrit¬ 
able, kicking with all vengeance at me, at 
at my approach and also at her calf, which 
she refused to let suck. 
What was to bo done ? She was large, fat 
and strong. I was small and alone. I car¬ 
ried the talf to the bam, procured a three- 
quarter inch rope, twelve feet in length, 
made a slipping noose on one end, spread it 
two feet in diameter, laid it in front, of her 
on the ground, made tier step forward a step 
or two; just as she stepped her right hind 
foot in the noose I fetched on the rope. Did 
she not kick? I held the other end and let 
her kick until she was perfectly kicked out; 
A corrf.si'ondf.nt of the Mark La no Ex¬ 
press says that the dentition of animals, as a 
test of their age, now excites considerable 
interest among English farmers, on account 
of the disqualification of Lord Radnor's pigs 
at, the Birmingham entile show. Mr. Owen 
Wallis of Mentone, states that on one occa¬ 
sion, when drafting his yearling ewes, about 
the end of September or beginning of Octo¬ 
ber, lie found one xvith all its Iamb teeth 
undisturbed, and showing no signs of putting 
up permanent ones; while ninny others of 
the same age had four broad teeth, nearly 
fully developed. As these sheep had all 
been bred alike and fed alike, and llie one 
in question was perfectly healthy and about 
an average size, he wishes to have the great 
difference in their dentition accounted for 
by veterinary professors. That they are 
generally correct in their decisions ho has 
no doubt, but he thinks that tlio case de 
scribed tends to show that dentition is not 
always to be relied on as nn unfailing test of 
age, and as such great discrepancies occa¬ 
sionally occur, minute ones may do so fre¬ 
quently, and injustice may ho done to exhib¬ 
itors by disqualifying animals on this account, 
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HemcSy for Life on Cattle.- Wilier lime rubbed 
on dry is a sure euro for lice. Do not turn the 
imimnl out in the rain. A second application 
may be necessary, but one never failed Of a cure 
on my cattle.—T. II., OmuuUnja Valleu , A r . I'. 
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Cows Cle/iKliia;. — I am much troubled xvitli 
what is commonly known a* cows not “clean- 
inx" aftercalvimr- I have tried everything, with 
no success. Can this be remedied?—n. w. 
FLEURO-PNEUMONIA IN HOGS. 
A CORRESPONDENT of the Department of 
Agriculture, from Lebanon, Ky., states that 
pieuro-pneunjonia. is induced in hogs by 
sleeping in the dust and wet straw, and by 
lose confinement, followed by sudden ex¬ 
posure. A neighbor lost, his Stock liogs by 
shutting them out from their warm beds in 
March. Their beds should he warm, and 
changed frequently during the winter. If 
this disease makes its appearance, tlm best 
thing to bo done is to scatter them as widely 
apart, over the farm, as possible. Home per¬ 
sons have kept their sick hogs on a dry lot, 
without a drop of water, with good effect. If 
you are willing to count the cost, call in 
your family physician, and ask him to pre¬ 
scribe, just as he would were you the pa¬ 
tient. Make the medicine into the form ot a 
pill, turn the patient on his back, drop it in 
his mouth and close the jaws an instant until 
the pill is swallowed. Ho lias known many 
instances of a speedy cure, when all hop© 
was lost. 
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cji’/im* f«r Hri’t’ditiK a correspondent of 
Western Rural suys: " A good supply of gross 
for hreedei’s is of untold valuo. They should ho 
put mi pasture t wo or throe weeks before breed¬ 
ing time, as it increase*the milk greatly. Itreed- 
ers, on a good supply of grass, with some corn, 
will not only retain their flesh, hut grow contin¬ 
ually, and tie easily fnMeiicd In I ho fall or winter, 
while the pig* will bo largo and healthy, and 
their growth will not be chocked during Mm 
winter. If breeders, with thuir pitf*. lire con¬ 
fined in small yards during the summer, and fed 
on grain alone, it will take two of the former to 
make a shadow iu the fall, while the latter will 
be small and poor, and go Into winter quarters 
good subjects for disease.” 
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