Sbcep fnislwn'itrit. 
time of growth, without regard to weight of 
carcass. 
Wm. A. Duncan, Superintendent of Syracuse 
Woolen Manufacturing Company, was employ¬ 
ed to do the scouring. Kants’ ttceces under live 
pounds and ewes’ lleoces under four and a half 
pounds, alter scouring, arc omitted in the fol- 
1T c TJWnVTT IT TT EDITOR »uu uuuw ...... 
n - s - KANDAtt, IX. D., EDITOR, pounds, after scouring, are omitted in the fol- 
Of Cortland Villa*?!?, Cortland County, Nkw \ork. lowing list * 
■ — -- ° Weight of w.-i-riii of lytidil Time of 
cHrt’Nin, lU'it’e, ftuotircd, growth, 
REPOET ON SCOURED FLEECES w „°’- sloy J^ £„ & ft, '*5, 
OF ceosman and short. &5 1“ S3 i:& S 
- T. Tertil....Ram l’.O l(t.tlt>6 6.-1 341 
, T ,_ Tr _ w -vj y A nernat *1 Ijdfifl I.. K, Heston .... Ram llti.25 12.87 6.U3 IRS 
Auburn, jn. i ., August a, i u. wai'iiw. ... it am as i2.76u 5 . 0.15 4115 
1 Iav IT Q U \vn it t / ('■. j. k'I p * r P|>f) IK (’■. Rollts . flam 1-7 I2.it 5-2U5 300 
UON. ti. a. ttANDALT. l».at nir . l HO lt c Kogors. . Ram 115 16.37 5.1(15 894 
two fleeces of wool of which you wrote mo m. c.Koundy....lUm 1Q6.75 17.2t mb 407 
. , _ . J , , . 1 ). W. Percey.Ewe 7/ II.(x> 6.29a 3*4 
were received, and have been snoiiral in tile h. m. nourdmun.Ewa 05.75 ik.ra o.tws 403 
’ W. K. pitta .E've 103.50 10.035 4,695 375 
same manner, atul to the same extent, as w eio iser 
,ht; lleoces scoured at our factory tor the State ^ 8C0Urln(r for Ne ’w York Sheep Breed- 
Wool Growers’ Association m Ira**- I lie ors’ and Wool Otawova' Association, in 1807, was 
fleeces were examined by myself and Mr. performed by wm. Hayden, Woolen Mauufac- 
Tiros. D.vvrs, a sorter of more Ilian twenty- turer, Auburn, N. Y. The 1 ’itts and Cossit 
- , . .,.a aotidfinil prizes were offered on same (jondilions as pre- 
hve years experience, and we note satisfied N() n(m wuH offorod r „ t . ( , )inl „. im „n, 
that each Contained no wool but that belong- ...... one ewe. holmnriner to Petek II. MI'M IE- 
£ : M 
m 
.rAf X 
xvv\ > 
- vj 
i8«r. 
Tho scouring for t he Now York Sheep Breed¬ 
ers’ and Wool Growers’ Association, in 1807, was 
prizes were offered on same conditions as pre¬ 
ceding. No ram was offered for competition, 
and but one ewe, belonging to Pktf.R U. MeMil- 
Owner. 
Sex. 
crtrcaii, 
lbM. 
iifitjru. 
Um. 
acuiivud, 
Uvj. 
w. M. Holme*.- 
Rani 
75 
IS. 28 
7.81 
i.nac Bower. ... 
Ram 
HI.50 
15.01] 
0.5*5 
Walter Pole. 
Ham 
118.60 
13.37 
f). 15 
i.N.i 'liainbcrlalu.Eive 
35.50 
8.75 
1.03 
A . 11. CUipp.. 
..Ewe 
59 
ID 
6.37 
Tlie ram “ Young Rogers,” belonging to Al¬ 
fred Leach of Richmond, N. V., was reported 
to us as yielding 23 lbs. of unwashed, and 7 lbs. 
3oZ. of scoured wool—scoured by Hunt linos., 
proprietors of Custom Woolen Mill, North 
Bloomfield, N. Y. 
'Hie Northern Illinois Wool Growers’ Associa¬ 
tion held a shearing and scouring match in 1807, 
mid the following wore tho four heaviest rums’ 
and four heaviest ewes’ lleoces reported, out of 
some twenty. 
OtrnorBi 
D. Kelly.. 
jug to one flccco. The scouring was then dan. Her weight of cures** is not given in the 
done in my presence by our regular scourer official report. Her lieooe, of just one year’s 
Ml Or ivfr Strong tiie same who scoured S rowth ’ woi « hed 10 lbti -%■' *«*•» u,ul atlcr 
Ml 1 u,n BR » rBO * l+ . llic same '7 umLU ilIir 0 lbs- oz . T he Mooue and Wir,cox prizes 
the fleeces for tlic Stale Association. were offered for tho heaviest rums’ and ewes’ 
The drying was attended to by myself, and fleeces in proportion to time of growth and 
away from the factory. The fleece belong- weight of carcass, and the competition was as 
ing to Mr. Grosman weighed when received follows: weight of woi*t.i of w«i ? u Time of 
by md thirty-four pounds nine and one-half 0vmr . -gr- 
ounces, (3419-32,) and when scoured weighed w. m. Hoimau....Ram ra ih.m 7.si s» 
nine povmds one and one bait ounces, (U wuitcr iwie . Ham os .to i;».37 s.uj 390 
3-:».) The llccoc belonging to Mr. Short m llT la? '$& 
weighed when received thirty-five pounds The ram “ Young Rogers,” belonging to Ar,- 
aml one ounce, (35 1-16,) and when scoured frkd Leach of Richmond, N. V., was reported 
six pounds and fifteen ounces, (0 15-10.) to unyielding 23 lbs. of unwashed, and j lbs. 
_ 1 , ,, ' , 3 OJl. nf scoured wool—scoured by Hunt Mhos., 
io make a scorn mg lnpioi, we t iki, font propriotora of Custom Woolen Mill, North 
pounds sal soda, four pounds of soda ash, Bloomfield, N. V. 
llirec pails urine, ninety gallons river water, The Nortlicra Illinois Wool Growers’ Assoeiu- 
and heat with steam to one hundred and tion hold a shearing and scouring match in 1807, 
thirty degrees. Into this we pul ten or fif «'"> f ‘‘» f'hlowing wore tho fourhoaviest rams’ 
, , and four ticnvtost ewes Ucocch reported, out of 
teen pounds of ivool nl a time and soak 6omo twenty. 
thoroughly, say from three to five minutes, ’ wui 
then take out and drain into the ftib from on-nor,. s,w. ii>». n«. ••>. ib».o*. »*»>-<. 
which it was taken, then rinse m cold yfater. r. p. null*.Rum 100 22.13 6.u 333 
This liquor, if in daily use, will need no ius 14,1 7.12 m 
additions whatever, except to keep the tub m 23.12 0.8 an 
filled with ivater, to scour 50,000 pounds of {>• |»||> Vt'.'m \ava 420 
wool, or even more; and then it will be liet- 10 . 10 . uui ham. . Ewe •« I2 i3>< i-7 379 
ter than when first used. To scour each of Ormshy.Ewe ot li.sq 4 . 1 a :«i 
these fleeces we took four pails full Of our The Springfield, Vermont, Agricultural 80 - 
cleansing liquor as described, four quarts oiety neiu a shearing and scouring mutch the 
‘ , , tX * 1 same yetiv. >uh 1 tho sc^am’in^ was povtormeaat 
urine, and less than one ounce ol sal soda, U|(l mi| , () ’ Ho£jMK8 , Wu n'Moa. : & Co., Spring- 
and used a small tub, so as to save every He i Ui Tho following were the heaviest out of 
particle of the wool. twenty-live lleeocs: 
Wm. IIayden, Manufacturer, t « v r ^ 
(of the linn of Wm. Hayden & Co.) wuoT"* Bos- ** U '*' u, ‘ ,u ' 
I hereby certify that tlie foregoing state- Kuwm'lhpcr.^'.Rnm m wS p 
ment, subscribed by me, is true in every 'if, wi* ilia 
particular to the best of my belief. tee.^Bwe 79 J0A 111 4 848 
Wm. Hatden. isos. 
Subscribed and sworn to before me this The Ontario and Livingston Co. (N. Y.) Wool 
6th day of August, I860. James Lyon, Growers’ Association had a scouring match in 
Com. of Deeds, City of Auburn. 18*18, of which the following is the record: 
. _a. >_ Ago of As* of Wt of Wt of 
Sln*rp. tt'ltiMi'u. Crtr. FlVo. Wt of 
STATISTICS OF MERINO WOOL , V', 1 , lit 77 ,m 
scouring. tiJafaSfai.: : II! 111 8 SffPiS 
- BriOns’ri&Marin’r, ” 3 M 20 87 l*i 15 5 9 
Some statistics of Merino wool scouring, u ' v iNobi e . iuun a n 2 i m at . j 3 
for the purpose of ascertaining the amount 
of wool clean enough for manufacturing Snrimrs. N. v.. 
a.uj I 
f) ' 
?! W//m 
W&W V 
A X 
SI ISSusr— = 
PORTRAIT OR 1 TV nOAIHSTIQTTIi: FOWL, 
Sr*. 
Wt. of 
I'ftlYrt/l,, 
lb,. 
Wt. «f 
IIhmcii, 
lb.l. OK. 
W.iolit 
•loufod, 
lb«. ok. 
Rum 
S8 
19.7 
6.11 
Kuui 
100 
22.13 
5.14 
. Ram 
11U 
14.1 
7.12 
Ram 
103 
22.12 
6.8 
Ewe 
III 
10.9 
4.5 
Ewe 
*3 
11.18 
4.14)4 
. Ewe 
03 
12.l2)i 
4.7 
Ewe 
IKS 
11.5« 
4.10 
Tho Springfield, Vermont, Agricultural 8o- 
twenty-llve lleeocs: 
Owners. Se*. 
Wiley Hi Bos- 
worl.li.Ram 
E,twin Piper.. ..Rum 
II. & N. T.oolte,.ftitm 
0. II. HuhbnrS Ewo 
C. II. fluhhtird. Bwfl 
E. X. Pierce ... Ewe 
Wt. of 
Wl. of 
Wfllgkt Tiirto of 
CfllTlUUI, 
lleecM, 
scour.'I, jrrmvlli 
111*. 
11.1, OK. 
lbs. ok, iluys. 
IKS 
17.8 
7.8 V, 3*!9 
120 
18.8 
6.12 355 
123 
2n J 
6.0*) 865 
60 
M.M 
5.14k 362 
85 
9.8 
5.1 'A Iltia 
79 
10.8 
4.11 348 
180S. 
Tbe Ontario and Livingston Co. (N. V.) Wool 
Growers’ Association had a scouring mutch in 
18*18, of which the following is the record: 
A(?e of As* ^ Wl of Wt of 
sin*rp. FUwctf- Crtr* KlVo. Wt of 
OwncM* Spy, y.iu.il. y. ni.d. lbs** o*. !•*<• VV'. 
most celebrated sheep, both rams and ewes 
have ever been subjected to scouring tests. 
It has so happened that all the sheep fairs of 
the New York Slurp Breeders’ and Wool 
Growers’ Association, have occurred in cold, 
stormy weather. Snow fell on the night 
preceding the shearing day in 1866, and 
tim ing Unit day I lie weather was freezing, 
and a severely cold wind prevailed. The 
fair of 1867 was held in a deluge of steadily 
pouring rain, which flooded the fair grounds, 
sweeping away tents, and standing ankle 
deep in the sheep pens. Those who sheared, 
on either occasion, were compelled to place 
their sheep in close rooms, mid cover lliem 
with blankets. Most of the owners of very 
valuable slump, particularly those residing al 
a distance, considered it loo perilous an ex- 
perimenl to shear under such circumstances, 
and hence could not enter their fleeces for 
the scouring prizes. 
And, to tell the whole truth, very few cel¬ 
ebrated breeders, or owners of celebrated 
sheep, in New York or oilier States, have 
been willing, under any cireuinstances, to 
risk the established reputation of their sheep 
by subjecting them to a new test of excel¬ 
lence Which 'might place them below animals 
of far less reputation. They have acted on 
the policy of “ lotting well enough alone.” 
gift, and it is, therefore, to be presumed were 
carefully picked sheep. 
•-♦♦♦--—- 
i>lr. Loomis’ Sate of 4’otswoM Hlim’i*,—it will 
bo seen by an advertisement in this paper that 
Burdett Loomis, of Windsor Locks, Conn., 
will sell at public auction, on tlm 1st day of Sep¬ 
tember next, twenty-lour rams andoiglity-livo 
ewes of pure Oohuvold blood—all imported or 
the Immediate descendants of imported sheep. 
For (miliei liars seoftdvortlsement. Mr. Loomis, 
an experienced and admirable breeder, u judge 
of ihesesheep, personally selected much of his 
stock in England, and wo need not say that lie 
is a gentleman of tho highest character, so that 
the most absolute confidence can bo felt by all 
Unit his pedigrees arc reliable, and that tho sale 
will tie honorably conducted in every par- 
I ticiilnr. 
(Tltc |JouItni-||;trh. 
BREEDS OF FOWLS. 
A Word for I lie Holniutgue. 
A farmer friend of ours, writing about 
fancy fowls, says he never hears anything 
said in favor of his breed—the one which lie 
thinks has just the qualities needed on the 
farm, lie has bred them in-and-in for the 
last twenty years, mid says lie now, in the 
last few years to supply my table with eggs 
and an occasional chicken. 
The Cochins, I think, are. the best for early 
chickens and good ones; the hens are good 
mothers; the chickens are hardy and grow 
quickly and large. The liens lay when six 
months old, and lay well in cold weal her; 
but in warm weather they are continually 
wanting to sit. 
The block Spanish have not been satisfac¬ 
tory to me; the chickens do not grow well, 
and a full grown hen will weigh only about 
as much as a Coohm chicken three months 
old. They are good layers if they con be 
kept in good condition, but that is not easily 
done in this climate. 
The While Leghorns are rugged, and good 
layers, and rarely sit. But, the brown Leg¬ 
horn is the best breed for eggs that. I know 
of. Think they never sit.; have never known 
one to sit, and have some now that 1 have 
kept four years. They lay all the time ex¬ 
cept, of course, when moulting. The chick¬ 
ens are easily raised by keeping a Cochin to 
sit. As tho Cochin lays a brown egg and tlie 
Leghorn a white one, it Is easy to sit one 
kind only, if you wish to keep the breed 
pure. 
Generally people place the perches for 
their liens to roost on too high, and the liens 
hurt their feet when they fly down. It is 
folly to expect a hen with sore toes to lay. 
A three by four joist, with the lop cornets 
shaved off, placed about two and a half feet 
from tho ground, is what they want ; they 
don’t hurt their feet when they get down, 
and when they roost, the bad air rises above 
them. Bergen Hill. 
Hudson City, 18*)9. 
-- 
IMPORTED EGGS FOR HATCHING. 
Having observed this question somewhat 
discussed in tlic Rural of late giving Hie 
experience of our American cousins upon 
tho subject of the transportation of eggs for 
hatching, I have taken the liberty of sending 
you the enclosed paragraph taken from the 
Canada Farmer for July, giving the ex¬ 
perience of our Canadian breeders, which 
may prove of some interest to the large class 
of Rural readers w ho do not, see the Farmer. 
It reads thuswise: 
“Tim (innHiailRy ot tuoct'--fully tvanapuiUiig i-ttga 
over loriK •ii»timcOM by ni iluiifl water lor the piirpOHO 
of iitiUTiiiiK l>(>* Oi'i-u olvurly (U'laoiiMtnitel, mu! uv- 
eral onl*'rfiriMltifr luettihurH of r,tiu (/nt.iilo 1’wiiHry 
Association liavo rci'ciulv proved i.lio foaslliliitv ol 
iiniini'tlnK ecK* from I*toa)ii(i(l. w|lh the view of r.ils- 
ing olmlro poultry, very Hiitlsfactorily. We not iced 
Home time tifly tliu lorlinm(e experience "I Mr. 
Sir eldon STi.cnio-H of Montreal will* imported 
«KK» of limit UrHliinas; and Me learn Unit Mr. 
Mi I.I.AN' UoWMliD of IliN ally iTorontoj Ini- mot 
with equally vriconratfhlfl result'*. Hr imparled, 
early in f.ho MorlnfC, three dosen C«{ff> pUrolUiHcd from 
Mr. IIpmiv Himiv.y of Itioi'loy. Yorkshire, one of 
the most diMiminedied hreedors "l choice poultry 
lu Ifitiifluml. This lot <U)ousted of one dozen Golden 
J. C. Short.Ewe 11 21 1121 
John l*. liny. "113 11 3 
II. M. Itourdnmn.. “ 12 3 12 3 
Brons’nA Marin’r. " 3 1120 
Levi Noble Rum 3 It 21 
51 8 13 2 I 13K 
51 10 1% 4 UK 
75 Hi 1.1 5 8.K 
87 W 15 <i 9 
108 24 2 U 3 
for the purpose of nsfmiuntng tho amount ^ W '“‘ TK “ , ‘ 
of wool clean enow* for mnooftclnring 0ilrul ORA „ omi s „ ratoel Sprlnn , v„ 
purposes, in particular fleeces, will doubtless furniriied us full proofs, this year, that his ram 
he read with a degree of interest in connection “ Idaho,” estimated to weigh ninety pounds, i>rn- 
Of all the most renown,-d Merino sheen of days of new-fangled breeds, refuses to part SnunKlvd ifauihurifii*, one dozen wivn Hpumdod 
uu (in KiiJ.-p. i (**»>> ii,.'( mi.imo eiiu p, ui ■’ n .. . . . HiinlDMl'gho and om- dozen tan k Brithllpiw. 'I'lie 
which we have hoard so much within the with them. lie says he may he called *>id- were n<id,Mr. «n ; nr.x »s.ys,ui.! wvvk previous 
last lew years not half a dozen have bad fogyislv m Ins notions, but in. cannot it* ip hucouhh itmt iuoy siinujii he tr, ii; itieyieft, v,,rk- 
their fleeces subjected to tho scouring test, ‘h mi ho is sineeu. when In ti iins tntm me n„. | 9t , May. tiio ... wore 
W« know of no mho, hi, ill Mr. Crosmam’s «‘lm of l,:im-yarcl fowls. Tlu-y |,tove, K."'n;gS’iSJ , ini!!3 i 8’“i , ;i7?r,.'. , a ri'ff.’V.t 7S $Sg; 
ami Mr. Shout’s, in which a gonuino “mon- will, him, perfectly Imnly, uml arc very re- 
stiM* fleece” has undortrono tlds ** make or markable layers anil breeders. (und we lumr Umnutim ei.roiibnnt fiiini oilier i>vc*Dd- 
slli lRtee nas unut igune mis uuuxo uj j f oth.) bail been very nnnuccc-« 3 lnl In liatolnnr ilm op'i's 
break ” ordeal Wo have often admired OUT friend s ltocic Ol of native fowl ftnnnu the prepent Hwmoti. Tim i ost 
with the preceding report. We do not pur¬ 
pose here to present any exhaustive collce- 
duced a fleece of 371 days’ grOwtii, weighing :i0 
pounds; that ib was scoured by L. G. Dodge, 
Superintendent of the Vernon Knitting Factory; 
tion of such facts, but only to give those ft nd Mr. Dodge certified that its scoured weight 
which arc most readily accessible, and was8 pouuds8ounces. 
which will be sufficient to exhibit about the 
amount of clean wool produced by Ameri¬ 
can Merinos, and tlie increase they have 
made in that particular within the last four 
or five years. 
1S«5. 
1809. 
It will be seen by certificate of Wm. Hayden, 
Wool Manufacturer, Auburn, N. Y., that tic 
cleansed two rums’ fleeces, weighing respective¬ 
ly, wlmn clipped, 35 pounds 2 ounces, and 35 
pounds, and that dm former (Mr. Grosman's) 
produced 9 pounds 1% ounces, and the luitor 
Tn 18*55, the New York State Sheop Breeders’ (Mr. Short’s) is pounds 15 ounces. Mr. Guos- 
ancl Wool Growers,’ Association offered prizes i man’s fleece was of one year and four days’ 
for the heaviest scoured rams’ and ewes’ fleeces growlh; Mr. Short’s of one year’s growth. 
in proportion to their time of growth and the 
weight of tlie carcasses. The Association ap- 
Knouffli wool was sent, us. ns samples, from the 
latter, to carry Its scoured weight something 
pointed A. J. Ooffe, Superintendent of the over seven pounds. The weight of the rains has 
Syracuse Woolen Manufacturing Company, to not been given. 
perforin tho scouring. Wo give the results, Remarks.—W e regard all the above stato- 
whore the scoured fleeces ol the rams exceeded ... , ° 
5>J lbs., and Of the owes, i* lbs.; ™nts ^ sufficiently verified ; and wc dis- 
a u .„. wt. Car. wt. fi’m.wi.R oM. a« cover but one chance for any material error 
1 (ji) 77 50 15 72 t !25 * 42 ri iu the declared results. That consists in the 
j *'•*« «.« ;«'» vmh and degree of cleansing to which the 
2 to tue i!,5 ;t<!7 various fleeces were subjected. We have re- 
2 H3.50 ti.13 5.12 373 ceutly stated our views very fully on tins 
u '"‘ > & " li J ‘" subject, anil it, is not necessary to repeat, them 
locoes were reported at pri- , ' . , . 11 : 1.1 
ow York, this year. Josuah ll0rt ‘- Seveml ot the wcre established, 
»mfl*jl*L sent us a statement, it will he observed, especially in reference to 
tlie scourer’s certificate. Hint excelling in the proportion of wool to weight 
produced a fleece of thirty of carcass. In such a trial, the smaller sheep 
?W’SthaU^pSo? liave the advantage, if the quantity of wool 
j g j,t pounds. growing on a square inch is the same, for a 
lA.v, of Comstock’s Landing, small sheep has more surface in proportion 
«r old to a day; gross weight, s j 7c , (| um a huge one.* Tliis cx- 
;^Su,^s atFOrtAnn P lain9 > PA*. wl, y s .° ™°y under- 
innr.i of Agriculture, in 1805, sized sheep are given m the preceding 
Owners. 
Srt. 
y* 
d. 
I0j. 
Ibi. 
It* lit 
K, <(. 
Thovon Stcclv. 
Rata 
i 
60 
77.50 
15.72 
6.25 
425 
A 
.1. Blond... 
• t 
4 
«•:') 
2(1.00 
6.50 
L. 
. 1 . Rovea.. 
bt 
1 
15 
108.50 
18,119 
6. IS 
380 
A 
11. C1 a iip .. 
Ewe 
2 
19 
9.85 
11.21 
4.15 
367 
1. 
,(. Bovee_ 
0 
m 
53 
4.50 
35*5 
.1) 
W'. Perecy.. 
** 
2 
63.50 
11.43 
5.13 
373 
J. 
U. Sweet_ 
U 
2 
78,f>0 
17.00 
0.31 
376 
Several heavier fleeces were reported at pri¬ 
vate scouring, in Now York, this year. JosiAn 
Taft of West Iiloomfloid, sent us a statement, 
accompanied with the scourer’s certificate. Hint 
Ids ram “Osceola” produced a fleece of thirty 
pounds, that it was scoured “at Mr. MAT!IBS’S 
mill nl HoinlOek Lake,” and that iHe product of 
scoured wool was bight pounds. 
Baker & Harrcoan, of Comstock's Landing. 
Ram's fleece one year old to a day; gross weight, 
S Ilis.; scoured l •>- S. La mb & Co., at Fort Ann 
Woolen Mills: scoured weight, 7 lbs. 
Tho Ohio State Board of Agriculture, in 1885, 
offered premiums “for tho heaviest, and best tables, and why the production of wool is 
fleeces nr cleansed wool’’—the tioocos being not greater in sheep selected to compete for 
shorn at homo and sent in with affidavits to 0 . • , ., . , ..., . ,. 
, . .. , ,, prizes, the sheep which will heat the look 
committee. The weight 01 carcass was not re- 1 . . , . 
qu iced to be given. Tlio following aro tho gross from which it is taken in the proportion of 
and scoured weights of some of tho heaviest weight of wool to weight of carcass is often 
fl00CC3: dn>«v«tgiit, Scoured tvtight, below the ovArage of the adult and wcll- 
0wuer - se*- it*, oz. a.,. 02 . grown sheep of the Hock in the amount of 
I'm-us KtVsey . y :" ” 1 ” Rain ‘.’.‘.'.‘.pi eio wool produced. This kind of test, therc- 
i. l,‘. ! s!'u-s^,:;:;;:;::; Ram.': 1 1 $'i iA fore, does not fairly present the actual wool 
I : 9 production of first-class Merino. 
Bn keficr. ...Ewe —li.o 5 .K Another fact has borne strongly in the same 
18fi6, direction. The fleeces of but few of the 
Owner. 
Sex. 
lb*. 0K.“ 
11m. 02.*" 
ThOmus Gorbv 
.24,4 
8.2 
( intis Kelsey.. 
.20.8 
6.10 
J. Baelifiekl_ 
.Ram... 
.21.11 
6.I3K 
L. L. Scars.,,.. 
.ltam... 
.23.1 
8.3 
Curtis KelsTfv.. 
.10.12 
4.9 
II .1. Slur. 
.14.15 
6. 
Eli Keller. 
.Ewe... 
1S06. 
.11.6 
5.A 
In 1806, the Potti.e and Cossit prizes of the 
New York State Sheep Breeders' and Wool Grow- 
* There are other reasons which we have liereto- 
er.V Association were offered for scoured fleeces f 0 re adverted to, hut which we have not room to ro¬ 
ot' greatest weight and value, in proportion to peat here. 
which we have heard so much within the 
last lew years, not half a dozen have had 
their fleeces subjected to tho scouring test. 
We know of no ease, until Mr. Grosman’s 
and Mr. Short’s, in which a genuine “ mon¬ 
ster fleece” has undergone this “make or 
break” ordeal. 
Yet, with all this holding back in high 
places, it. bits been shown by that ordeal that 
a most satisfactory improvement in amount 
of wool has been made by tho American Me¬ 
rino over his Spanish progenitor. Living¬ 
ston gives the weight of unwashed Merino 
fleeces at eight and a half pounds in the ram 
and five pounds in the ewe. Youatt placed 
the ram’s fleece half a pound lower. This 
was at their palmiest period, in the opening 
of tlie present century. The wool shrunk 
half in washing—though the Spaniards 
washed more thoroughly than we do, l)u 
font’s “ Don Pedro,” probably the heaviest 
fleeced Spanish Merino ram ever imported 
into the United States, yielded eight and a 
half pounds of brook-washed wool. Col. 
Humphreys congratulated himself on rais¬ 
ing one which yielded seven pounds five 
ounces of brook-washed wool. Chancellor 
Livingston’s first imported ram yielded 
nine pounds of unwashed wool. The aver¬ 
age weight of his imported ewes’ unwashed 
fleeces was five pounds thirteen ounces. 
Now we have it on positive, and every 
way reliable, evidence, that out of the com¬ 
paratively very small number of first class 
American Merinos the fleeces of which have 
been cleaned, one has yielded nine pounds 
one and one-half ounces of properly scoured 
wool, the growth of a year and six days, 
and others have reached or exceeded eight 
pounds. We have equally good testimony 
that American .Merino ewes have yielded 
over six pounds of scoured wool, and that 
they frequently exceed five pounds. Thus 
the heaviest wooled American Merinos pro¬ 
duce more scoured wool than their Spanish 
ancestors produced on (the average,) of un- 
icashed wool, and it would be difficult to find 
an owner of the commonest grade flock who 
would not scorn the idea of using'a rani 
producing so little brook washed wool as 
Dupont’s “ Don Pedro I” We have a decis¬ 
ive test of tlie scoured weight of prime 
Spanish fleeces. The King of England’s 
flock of Negrettis, about one hundred in 
number, including some wethers and no 
rams, annually yielded, from 1708 to 1803, 
an average of about two and one-half 
pounds of scoured wool. They were a royal 
(and wo hour Mitt suttui o<.m|<Httot friiiii otlie-r livoetl- 
«r».) lunl been very iimucccssfnl In linlohiia: Hie 
of native r*>wi tiurinv the lireoent HeiiKoti. Tlie i nst 
. . . , |. i.of the eu«t* whs live tlallnra fur tin: Bin,** dozen, nrul 
Some thirty or forty low is, Which he always u,„ exine“fl Charlies mtiounna! In tliren (liillnm and 
..I,-,,*, i,: a I.... 1 nlinmlfre iu fifty dentri; so tlnf* for I'lglit. dollars and lilty (Villa, 
keeps about Ins hat lt-yai (l, I o P nun ago is vir. Howard hu« nmv • utcen Imported ebb kens i d 
iiMil.r lion nl ifn I Wo lonrn ilml lion JoiTN tho etl(>KX'»t brnml.. This is a uiuoli cln'iniiT plan, 
uuly lieaiitimi. Ui, n ull! mat non. .iouin It¥lv , t .,, . .. wlti,thorouKl.ly r. ? llul.ht party: 
Wentworth of Chicago, with all Ills eceen- tlma ImijortiiiK HioW«l»M»»i«*elv;‘». Fur Non.o Gold 
Penciled lliunliurKH and Blup AndnliDdanM, rent out 
trieitics, is not eccentric enough to discard from lflnjziiuid tins aprtng, Mr. Howard paid ten 
, dollar* nploce- 
the Dominiques from Ins farm, but breeds , , . ., , . 
them aiimsHtilllv, and lu,s »o for yems. „ 1 lr " st ^ 
*’ . ., ,, their own interests, will not be backward m 
There must lw something in our friend s wbBcribing for lhe RunAIi) for { 0()llsidl ,. it 
assertion, or these fowls would not find Uiyor not only the bept aulhorIly on agriculture 
with such a well known stock- fleet <■) as i i. ftnt j ] t i m i rc q stibjccia, but the best paper on 
Wentworth is reputed to be. In speaking gCnf . r!ll topic$ for th( . family Circle in the 
ol these fowls Mi Lkment says t n> <iie wor | t ^ an ,| W(> u worth ten times its sub- 
distlngnkhcd as Domimqne by the.r mark- 8C] . iptjon prlce , The new featuK5| 1:ilely 
mgs and their color, which is generally introducetl iu it The Season,”—is prov- 
considcred an i.nhcaUon of hardiness and ing iuva h, ftW e to us Ctitmdians, for therefrom 
fecund ty They arc by some called‘Hawk- )1)er much xmM itllbni ,ation rela- 
eolorcd fowls,’ from their resemblance to liye to thc Wcnlhei . 01 , >p9f iu tll , 8(ntes . 
the birds of that name. We seldom see bad HaruiltotJ? Canudlli 1869 . Ontario. 
hens of this variety, and, take them ‘ all in __ +++ _ 
all,’ we do not hesitate in pronouncing them Lice in thu Poultry Yard—now enn lice iio 
ono of 11 wl ii(>«t •mil most nrofitnhle breeds expelled from a poultry yard, when thc fowls, 
one or me ot.si. .mu most promuuie uiclus the house, with all its lixtures, aro Infested with 
of fowls, being hardy, good layers, careful these pests? t um a farmer past, middle inre, but 
nurses, and affording excellent eggs and flint SlS'JSiEiSSS'^fejSlS!- 
Cl unlit V flcsll ” almost too small to ho seen with the miked eve— 
1 t% . , . , but numerous as tho pIuruus of Egypt. The 
Dr. Bennett, in his description of the hennery is cnniiiruous to die bam and lotimt 
Dominique, saysThe prevailing and true KelfKSffS’fSS thVcuniof lf"2l wha.'pr^ 
color of flu' Dominique fowl is a light ground, caution is needed to prevent it? i hope s< mm of 
iinriiii.i*n/l nn /1 aftOlv clmdorl will, r. vlate T° ,ir readers will answer this, mid point out 
undulated and sollly snatli. wiui a slaty some way in which f can.Do rUlol' this, which I 
blue all over the body, (as indicated in the reprard as a very serious trouble. The liens m o 
port mil of the cock herewith given,) forming pusft , we n cleaned; they are all fat, and give 
bands of various widths; the comb of the us an abundance of efl»».-A Bubko«ibku. 
cock is variable some being single, while Il? °ur correspondent had read the Poultry 
others arc double-most, however, are single; h ° 
’ f 1 not nave asked these questions* 0 npuft 0 426of 
the Iris, bright orange; feet and legs are bright u ul[AL , j ujy 3 , a „ art ido on this subject. 
yellow or buff color; bill the same color as- +•++ - 
the legs.” Scurf (n Fowls.—This disease, which makes its 
“Browne’s Poultry Yard” remarks that appearance on the tegs and heads of fowls, 
,, . 1*11 ,, , has tho appearance of a scale or scab, and is 
they are not only good layers, setters and oftcB fotol Mthe fowi in a very short rime after 
nurses, but that “ their beautiful appearance, being attacked. The disease is termed by some, 
when in full plumage, is quite an acquisition thewhitoeomh. As soon as it make- its nppear- 
to the farm-yard nr lawn.” Our friend sn}' 3 , nnco a,1,on K 11 flock, tho bird affected should ho 
taken all in all, he < nnsn ms ” turmeric —tho proportions ario^about one-fourth 
our v«vy best breeds of fowls, and one that of an ounce of turmeric powder to an ounce of 
your readers will answer this, and point out 
some way In which 1 can bo rid of this, which I 
regard us» very serious trouble. The liensnro 
well fed and watered, their roost kept, us I sup¬ 
pose, well cleaned; they are all fat, and give 
us an abundance of eggs.—A Subscriber. 
Ip our correspondent had read the Poultry 
Department of tho Rural carefully ho would 
not have asked these questions. On page 420 of 
RURAL, July 3, is an article on tills subjeot. 
Scurf in Fowls.—This disease, which makes its 
appearance on the legs and heads of fowls, 
has tho appearance of a scale or scab, and is 
often fatal to the fowl in avoryshon lime after 
being attacked. The disease is termed by some, 
the white comb. As soon as it make;* Hr appear¬ 
ance among a flock, tho bird affected should be 
removed. An application of CQCOfrniiX nil and 
fur meric the proportions are about one-fourth 
alters little by in-and-in breeding, which is a 
requisite not often found in a breed of fowls, 
for our experience has been directly to the 
contrary J. Brace, 
Other Breeds Talked of. 
I venture to trouble you with a few facts 
that I have learned concerning the several 
breeds of bens that I have kept during thc 
the oil, this forms a yellow ointment—apply it to 
tho parts affected, and n few applications will 
be sufficient to effect a euro.— J. b. 
—-- 
Breaking a Perpetual till ter.— Tell J. B. 8. if 
his lien Is a. perpeliinl sitter, to pluco a pan half 
full of water in a barrel, put the bon in, cover 
it up for twenty-four hours, and see if she don't 
set 8 tandlBQ. 1 1 that don’t break her, break her 
neck.— w. C. 
