wslnntbri) 
Honeoye, N. y„ May 20 , I860. 
pJhiMM by C ^.1 fy A l,:a 1 attended I ho Shearing 
Exhibition of the Ontario and Livingston \Vo<3 
Orowei-9 Association, hold at Houeoye, May 
'ith, and took charge of the ilcocos entered for 
Hnlih!Jow?k^iKi prize, and also the fluuco of S. D. 
nr l o , »««rtS M 'll 1 lnlr -' la -V, May 6 fb, at the request 
S. .,Vu*?o 0N ^?* r8 ' He and 1 took the fleece of 
-iionr s turn down struct, to have it ro-weighed, 
it luu injr bot-iv round that the capacity of the 
w "Oil the fleeces wore weighed at the 
c-.vliililiion to bo but thirty-two pounds. They 
™? r e th„ kind known as Tuunbui.l ’8 patent, 
i! V,‘w CCQ '' "^weltfiicd a,min by E. W. Gilukut, 
n.ttdaaie merchant, ami the fleeod and ling con- 
Uilnintf it weighed thirty-ait pounds. The bug 
T, aaa new two-busliol bag. weighing a trille less 
him one pound, which leaves tho Weight of tho 
l’ 0Un '^- Lalsoweighed It wit h 
a pan of 8 tc*i*lyartltt, known to lie oorrout, and 
! l , :'in !r il W i J " *' * ah0 ^ e weight. Tho (Icoca 
,'. r l i'L?n K '' 11 up , u r0ll, “ adjoining my shoe shop, 
ami was accessible to no one but imanJt. Pitt* 
and I took tho responsibility to re-wefah the 
lleeco unbeknown to the owner of the rani, 
A, C. UlsttOP, 
Subscribed and sworn hefovo mo Hits 29th day 
of May, 1 m, ZonoASTRii Path,. * 
J usi ice of the Peace. 
r . . , HONEOYK, May 29, 1800. 
I hereby certify that l welched a tleeee of 
rai^5?i 1 ,, ' <,ll s'it to my store by A. C. Bishop and 
f, idlon 1 irrs, which they stated was shorn 
riom 8 . D. Shout's ram. and the tieoee and bug 
eontiitriiiin- f __ _... d 
it is a well established fact that the dork, 
mgs and Polands are perfectly hardy fowls 
and easy keepers—therefore they need no 
experimenting with. Oil the other hand, 
(lie fowls 'Wliicli have been so lately intro- 
duced to tho notice of breeders in this coun¬ 
try, and of which such great stories are told, 
havo got to lie acclimatized and their quali¬ 
ties thoroughly tested before they can bo 
depended upon. We concede they arc a fine 
fowl to look at, if we go for looks merely • 
still we do not concede their suproraacy over 
Mu* black, white-enppod, Golden or Silver 
Polands for beauty of plumage; and then, 
where is there tt finer, trimmer-looking fowl 
to look upon than tho White or Gray Dork¬ 
ing? The Silver Pheasant is also a ftua 
looking fowl, and ia a prolific layer, but wo 
would not recommend iis being kept upon a 
small place, because of its predisposition to 
blood, half oxydized, is bearing poison to all 
the vital parts, and leaving the useless parti¬ 
cles, which its office is to absorb and carry 
away, to decay and generate disease and 
death. 
The patient, which is usually in low con¬ 
dition, soon exhibits weakness, Nursing and 
coddling arc of no avail, but seem to hasten 
death. Homo cases that have been examined 
disclose numerous “grubs in the head.” It 
does not appear that, these parasites are the 
primary cause of tho death, though they 
probably hasten that, result. Sheep that get 
in low condition and die off prematurely 
usually have grub in the head, and are sup¬ 
posed to die from that cause, when, if they 
had boon taken good care of, they would 
have resisted the injury dono by the grubs, 
and Jived on In vigor and health. 
Last year was a bad one lor sheep in 
almost every section, and their condition 
generally, last spring, in Ohio, was below 
that of any other season lor tho past fivo 
years, and the losses were more numerous. 
The peculiar winter was not favorable, es¬ 
pecially to flocks that came up in the fall 
in low condition. Tho open weather took 
away tho appetite and vitality, and sheep in 
this condition contract disorders readily, 
Tho Farmer thinks there may be other 
causes for the trouble among sheep in Ver¬ 
mont ; that breeders in their otTort to propa¬ 
gate and develop “fancy points” and brag 
fleeces iiavo sacrificed constitution. High 
feed and pampering have had the same 
result. Breeding from rams out. of such 
PERPETUAL LAYERS 
.Mr. Geo. Whitfield of Bailey’s Mills, 
Fla., writes:—“I wish to procure a breed 
ot fowls, (if there are any such,) that are 
| perpetual layers. Having heard tha f t the 
‘ Leghorn ’ breed possesses, in an eminent 
degree, the qualities which I desire, 1 write 
to request of you full information in regard 
to them, and to ask where, how and at what 
price they can be procured, if I should con¬ 
clude to get any.” 
Tho “ Hamburgs ” are called in England 
“perpetual layers," and frequently lay during 
eleven months of the year. The Penciled 
variety are called “Dutch Every-dny-lay- 
ers,” from their strong resemblance to u pen¬ 
ciled fowl found in Germany, and from their 
mtra laying qualities. The fowls, (Ham- 
burgs.) are of small size, and lay small eggs; 
are easily kopt and reared; and when so 
EAST INDIA WOOLS. 
Corrections.— The Rural of June 12th, 
containing our correspondence with the 
Treasury Department in regard to the classi¬ 
fication of East India wools, was not re¬ 
ceived by us in time to have the subjoined 
corrections made in last week’s issue. 
In our letter to Assistant Secretary Hart¬ 
ley, May 31st, seventh paragraph, first sen¬ 
tence, in the clause “ based on real or sup¬ 
posed flaws in tho provisions for carrying 
out their interests”—for “interests” read 
intents. In the eighth paragraph, for “ The 
bearing of the IIeye case was ex parte" read 
“ The hearing of the Heye case was ex parte." 
In the ninth paragraph, in the clause: “lie 
does not say the portions of the former re¬ 
spectively finer and coarser than the latter 
were equal in quality”—for “quality” read 
quantity. 
,»ir. 1 enny g Fleeces. — GEORGE W. Penny, 
Newark, Ohio, forwards us tho separate weights 
of tho fleeces of III two-yonr-old Merino ewes. 
Their aggregate weight is pounds, their av¬ 
erage weight 13 1-fl pounds, 
ewes produced tltki 
Ueeces Ilk; pounds, 
in March, 1808, 
produced lilt* pounds of 
small fraction r 
samples arc forwarded,* but: 
LAND IN MISSOURI.—VALUATION. 
Our articles calling attention to the capa¬ 
bilities of Missouri, as a wool growing coun¬ 
try, have drawn out many inquiries from 
correspondents which we have from time to 
time answered. But one of the most frequent 
inquiries — the actual and relative prices of 
lands in its different localities — wo never 
have been able to answer with much fullness 
or certainty—and hence, fearing to mislead, 
we Lave committed ourselves to very few 
declarations on that subject. We find in a 
recent number of the 8 t. Louis Journal of 
Agriculture tho valuation of land in each 
county in the State, as placed by the State 
Board of Equalization for 1809. This, ac¬ 
companied by the examination of a map of 
Missouri giving the counties, will convey the 
most general and reliable information on the 
subject which is perhaps anywhere now at¬ 
tainable. The averago valuation of land in 
the State is $0.10 per acre: 
Adair.....¥ 4 30 Livingston 
Andrew. 10 i>7 McDonald.... 
Atchison.. 4 00 Mueon.. 
Audrain.... 6 1? Mitdbon....... 
Barry. 2 38 Maiden. 
Barton. 3 si Marlon. 
Bates. ft i)7 Mureer. 
Benton. t> 12 Stiller. 
Bollinger.... ........ 2 8 Mississippi.... 
Boone. !t 15 Alontteau. 
Huolmrmn. 13 T.i MonrOO. 
Butler.. ltd MoutKomory,. 
Caldwell. 7 30 Morgan . 
Callaway. Il !W Now Madrid .. 
Ciunden... 2 15 Newton. 
Cape Girardeau. 7 no Nodaway. 
Carrol). (J 80 Oregon. 
Carter.... . Osugn. . 
Cass. 10 IK) Ozarlc.. 
Cedar. 2 i:< I'oitmcut. 
Chariton. 6 78 Perry... 
Christian. 3 56 Pettis. 
Clark. 7 71 Phelps. 
Clay. 11 II Pike. 
ClintOt). 8 86 Platte. 
Cole. 5 H Polk. 
Cooper,,... II to Pulaski.. 
Crawford. 3 07 Putiium. 
pa.le.. 4 13 Ralls.. 
Ilallas,... 3 B 0 Randolph. 
Daviess. C 32 flay. 
puKalb. — - Reynold*. 
Dent. I US Ripley. 
Douglas. 2 (d St. Oluirlos,. .. 
Dunklin. -— St. Clair. 
K'ranklln.. 6 fX) St. Francois... 
Jusoonade. 4 to 8 to, Genevieve 
deutry. 4 15 st, Louis. 
Greene. 7 38 Saline.. 
irundy....... 4 J/ Solinylnr. 
Harrison.... 4 «l) ^notiuna. 
Henry. 7 50 Hoott.. 
fiiekOry. 3 70 Shannon. 
dolt. 6 51 Shelby. 
Howard. 9 00 Stoddard . 
Howell.,.... 2 80 Stone_..... 
Iron. 4 08 Sullivan. 
“eksor.. Jfi 7* Taney. 
1 ‘Wf'Or. 5 t>) Texas. 
[euorson.. 6 84 Vunion, . .. 
1ID4UM Q W Vl/imri.i. 
Last your tho sumo 
pounds—average weight of 
Forty owe tegs, all yeaned 
were sheared 18th of May, and 
produced Hlq pounds of wool, averaging a 
over H pounds per head. Two 
i: us their relative 
quality to tho rest of Hie clip is not stated, It is 
riot necessary to describe them, Mr. Penny 
writes that ho has abandoned washing alto¬ 
gether, and that ho is having Ids entire clip this 
year graded arid scoured. We trust Unit ho is 
having the fleeces of the 80 two-yonr-olds uud 
tegs above mmlioned scoured by Uwrnelm so their 
precise shrinkage euu bo made known to the 
public. We hope the result will bo forwarded 
to us, and wo shall be happy to make it public. 
We also hope Mr. Penny will not overlook tho 
expediency-the very decided expodlcricv-of 
having the scouring performed by u manufac¬ 
turer. if well known standing in Ids business, 
nnd oi having him ftftto hte proem of faming, 
and that it was performed us well as is usually 
done in the large manufactories of the better 
i'liisa of cloth*. We should bo tflad to veooivo 
average samples of the scoured wool. 
lJua lot ia surrounded in tlio rear and onft 
8ide with an ordinary tight board fence ; tile 
coops arc at C, and runways R, ns shown in 
the engraving. The runways are live feet 
wide—that to the rear of the lot being twen¬ 
ty-five feet long, the coops being each five 
feet square; the front of each runway is 
lathed up like any ordinary hennery. Tho 
Coops are made light, in which are situated 
a row of nests at N; tho roosts aro at P; 
windows are placed at. faho ends, which 
admit the light ; S, denotes the slots in the 
coops for tiie fowls to pass in and out of the 
runways. The runway on the side of the lot, 
ONTARIO AND LIVINGSTON SHEEP 
SHEARING. 
We received the subjoined 
communica¬ 
tion too lata for publication last week. It 
will be seen that it gives the weight of a 
two-year-old Merino ram’s fleece tit thirty- 
five pounds. The Secretary wrote us in a 
private letter that tho proprietor of the ram 
requested him to forward us samples of the 
wool, but that he preferred not to take It 
upon himself to do tins, unless we requested 
it, and also designated some other person to 
assist him in making an average- selection. 
Wc immediately wade the request by letter- 
designated a person to assist in selecting the 
samples—and forwarded some questions in 
regurd to the feed and treatment of the ram 
which we wished the owner to answer. We 
had hoped to receive the samples and an¬ 
swers in time to be properly noticed this 
week, with the publication of tho shearing, j 
but from a letter just received from Secre¬ 
tary Ray, we discover that it will not be 
practicable. Such notices will doubtless ap¬ 
pear in our next. 
Hemlock Lake, June 7th, 1869. 
Hon. H. S, Randall —Dear Ulr The follow¬ 
ing is tho shearing record of the Second Annual 
Shoaring Exhibition of (ho Ontario and Living¬ 
ston Wool Growers’ Association held at Honeoye 
May6,1869: 
I lAflraof Wdjrbt o/! Wuij/ht cl 
„ Heecv. Camus, Kleocc. 
Names of Owner s. Ser.Uite. M. D, Lb*. I H*. Os, 
Marrlncr & Branson. k! 1 14 " jf 3 
John I*. Ray,. . $ { if! 0 II j!j 5 
tewu;.:::::;::; & l U & It!! 
I.cvl Noble . R. 4 12 117 21 II 
8 - H. 2 12 . 128 2 ! 3 
A. 1 Norton . K. 1 13 in no rt o 
Slevr-ns A Gilbert*.. It. 4 13 130 24 8 
Murnnor A Urunson. F. 1 13 fa 70 17 
S. D. Hhort. R. 1 1127 go H •» 
H U. Short. R 2 12 1*5 J? 4 
Jolm P. Uuy . rt. , 1 13 io 97 15 f, 
Ouo-Smm. E. 1 2 11 1G 75 15 12 
N. W. TUqimus. E. 2 It 15 70 16 12 
1'he runway on the aide of the lot, 
may be made the full length of the same, if 
desired, but twenty-five feet is sufficient, run¬ 
way room for seven fowls. The door to each 
coop is situated in the corner, I), 
This arrangement we think very econom¬ 
ical, and answers every purpose for keeping 
two distinct breeds of fowls, on a small 
scale. If deemed advisable, the fowls could 
be let out on the largo plat of ground on 
alternate days, to allow them to get grass, 
and pick up such refuse as comes from the 
kitchen and table. It Is a good plan to sift 
your coal ashes in the lien-yards for them to 
wallow in; also to spade up a portion of it, 
so that they can, in sunning themselves, 
wallow in tho fresh dug earth, which has a 
tendency to keep them clear of vermin. 
A friend of ours has suggested that a 
cross of the red or Derby game with the 
Brahma fowls would answer all practical 
purposes (say four liens to one cock,) and 
make a nice breed. The game would impart 
to the latter that action and vigor they are 
so deficient in, while tin* Brahma would 
give to the former size and hardness. We 
should really like to see this cross tried, and 
learn what comes of it. The suggestion, in 
our opinion, is worthy of trial. J. Brace. 
A*o uf 
Slump, 
Vmir-. 
Owiuri' Names, 
J. Horatio Earn 
C. B. Thorne 
L. A. Sweet. 
M. c. DeWttt. 
Geo. H. Clark.!..' 
David Waldron..! 
Jas. F, Morse. 
Wm. J. Townsend 
Chna. Smith. . 
Note.- The ewe owned by C. R. Thorne was a 
lonff-tvooled sheep, (Texet breed,) with Iamb by 
her aide seven weeks oid. Weight or lamb, 40 
pounds. M. O. DeWcit’s throe-yoar-oid owe 
was also rearing lamb. 
Daniel Eaull, Chairman. 
Dor Austin, Weighmaster. 
O. 11. Thorne, Secretary. 
5 22 Warren.... 
6 07 Waslilugtun. 
3 13 Wayne. 
1160 WoOhtor .. 
4 13 Wurth. 
8 81 Wright.. 
6 43 H. & St. Jo. R. U 
Imported Cotawold Sheep for Sale, nnd Prices. 
—J. S., San Francisco, California, writes us:—“I 
wish to procure say thirty Uotswold ewes and 
two orihree rams of the best quality and best 
English blood. For obvious reasons I want im¬ 
ported ones, If they can lie obtained. I should 
Import myself if I know who the best and most 
reliable English breeders were. Can you refer 
me to any American breeder who lias such sheep 
for sale, and whoso statements and pedigrees 
you would consider entirely reliable? Can you 
state tho probable cost of the sheep?” We 
know of a number of excellent pure blood flocks 
in this country and Canada containing imported 
sheep, and which trace exclusively to Imported 
sheep; but wo don’t know who lias or has nut 
the latter to sell in any considerable numbers, 
or what prices ore asked for them, except In a 
single instance, it will be seen by an advertise- 
THE BEST FOWLS 
To Rear for Profit—Every thing Considered. 
This question lias been frequently asked 
and answered, and such a variety of opinions 
have been adduced in favor of this or that 
breed of poultry, that it is with much reluc¬ 
tance we are led to give our views upon the 
subject; still if by so doing wo can benefit 
Rural readers, our object will have been ac¬ 
complished. Wo arc 
Tm key < hi If are.—For two years back we have 
tried to raise turkeys with hens. We put them 
in coops and led, for a few days, dry and moist 
bread; alter that, choose made from thick, sour 
milk. They scorn to do well until four to six 
week* old, when they hoeome lame. They ap¬ 
pear to lose the use of 01 m or both of their logs, 
and will hobble around a week nr two, and die 
at last. Sometimes they will live two months or 
more. Wc thought at. first that it was because 
they wore too closely confined, but last year 
they had a good range, and were about as bad as 
over. 
Those raised by turkeys are not so. Isthcro 
any way of saving them ? They are kept clean 
from lloe. Would like to hear from some one who 
lias had experience In raising turkeys.— w. it, s. 
aware that many 
breeders cling to the idea that the larger 
brced3 of Asiatic fowls are the best and most 
economical, on the ground of their size, but 
do not take into consideration, for a moment, 
the amount of food that is required to keep 
them in any kind of condition. 
Persons desirous of raising or breeding 
poultry on a small, or even a large scale, 
will do well to lest the various breeds before 
coming to the conclusion, definitely, wJdch 
are the best fowls, everything considered, to 
breed with profit. Our experience has been, 
that for market and laying purposes, the two 
best varieties are the Dorkings and Polands— 
the flesh of the former being, to our mind, 
sweeter, richer and more buttery to the taste 
than any other breed, while the quality of 
the latter as layers cannot for a moment be 
questioned. It is tine, the Dorkings cannot 
be bred to the size of Asiatic fowls, or even 
the Crcve-Cceurs; still when the Dorkings 
are fattened and dressed for flic table their 
line, plump, golden carcasses attract the eyes 
of the epicure and command a good price 
in the market. 
cate tmrty-four pounds ten ounces and no more. 
This fleece, witli those entered for the Pitts 
scouring prize, were taken charge of by A. C. 
Bishop, and by him looked In a room adjoining 
bis shoe shop and there remained unmolested 
until Saturday following. 
Mr. E. W. Gilbert, Die owner of the scales, 
upon learning the weight of the Hecce, remarked 
that it wob not acurufoly weighed, as tha scales 
weighed but thirty-two pounds, whereupon Mr. 
Bishop, unbeknown to the owner of the ram 
and in tho presence of Gideon Pitts, took the 
fleece and weighed It with a pair of steelyards 
and found the weight to bo thirty-six pounds. 
Jle then took the fleece to Mr. Gilbert’s store, 
who weighed It upon ilillWerit scales, and they 
agreed with the above weight. Sec Bishop and 
Gilbert’s affidavits. 
This ram was shorn at our exhibition last year. 
His flooco at cue year nnd thirteen days old 
weighed twenty-seven pounds eight ounces. 
John P. Ray, Secretary. 
Marking Sl.cep.-W.M. a. Miller, Lock Ber¬ 
lin, N. Y., Inquires “torn good and durable wuy 
of marking sheep by initials.” Light, neat cast- 
iron letters, mounted with handles, are manu¬ 
factured for that purpose. They are dipped in 
a paint usually composed of oil and Venetian 
red, or oil and lamp-black, and tho sheep is 
stamped high on the side (near the baek-bonc) 
to prevent Ihc marks being rubbed while green 
by other sheep. Boiled oil is preferred, because 
it dries quicker. 
-- 
Woul Report*.—it. M. IL.” Brighton, Illinois, 
asks us why there is so much difference between 
the market reports of tho prices of wool in the 
Rural and the prices being offered in the West. 
Perhaps some of the reason# are to ho found in 
an article we published last week. As we have 
again and again stated, we do not prepare the 
wool market reports of the Rural, but they are 
made up by competent men, and are reliable. 
An Inquiry.-w. Wallace Smith writes ns: 
“ 1 wiah .vou or some of your correspondents 
would inform me what breed or cross of poultry 
1 would find good layers, winter and summer: 
good setters and mothers, hardy, large size, nnd, 
in fact, with all tho qualities a good profitable 
chicken should have.” 
