a®c m 
Great necessaries of life cannot, with a just 
measure of protection from foreign competi¬ 
tion, be kept permanently below the cost of 
production in any country by any circum¬ 
stances whatever, nor can they be kept per¬ 
manently much above it. 
once of the best bee manager of my acquaint¬ 
ance. That manager is a. lady — a direct 
descendant of that pioneer mother, men¬ 
tioned recently in the Rural, who fought 
the wolves from her frontier home. 
Bite attends to her own bees when they 
swarm, lier costume is rather grotesque 
when site is engaged with the little run¬ 
aways. She keeps a pair of large pants for 
the purpose, puts them on over her dress, 
ties them a la Bloomer around the ankle, 
and then plunges in median been. (Pardon 
my mixed Latin. Bees are Italian , you 
know, some of them, and that’s the next 
tiling to Latin.) Some years ago she lmd 
quite an intractable hive. Defying the rules 
that ordinary, well-heliavcd bees observe, 
they seemed quite demoralized, and were ex¬ 
erting a bad influence on their neighbors. 
Singularly, when they would leave tlieir 
gum and pitch upon a tree, other swarms 
would go to them. They settled one day 
upon an apple tree, and six other swarms 
joined them. The good lady having ar¬ 
ranged Hu; barrel at the foot of the tree, (she 
sometimes used Hour or cider barrels instead 
of plank hives.) took a pun in band, climbed 
a ladder to the bees and filled her pan, 
brought it down and emptied them near the 
gum unt il she had thus brought most of them 
down ; then tied a soft towel over lier hand 
or on a stick and brushed the rest down 
gently. 
Of course so many bees soon had the bar¬ 
rel too much crowded for all to remain. Five 
distinct swarms left and settled together on 
a pine tree in an old field in the vicinity. 
Thither she followed, arranged another bar¬ 
rel at tlie root of the tree, got a pine sapling 
with a thick bunch of leaves at the top, and 
with this swept them down from their 
perch. They did not seem well pleased 
with Lhe treatment, would get angry and 
sting, and many of them go back and settle 
in the same place. When they got. into a 
stinging mood she would run off some dis¬ 
tance and remain until they became quiet. 
Bile persevered until all were domiciled in 
the barrel. Tt. remained there until autumn. 
As they had proven troublesome, she de¬ 
termined to kill them. When the barrel 
was examined it. was,found to contain a very 
la rye quantity of honey. 
Lest some who are interested should be 
wanting in courage to try to take earn of the 
bees on a tree, I will mention the exemplary 
feat of a young lady of fine social position 
in my community. A swarm of bees settled 
on a sycamore in the yard. She could not. 
induce any one to climb up and attend to 
them. With a glad face and sparkling black 
eyes she sprang up the tree herself, swept 
them down, carefully hived them, and has 
harvested a line quantity of excellent honey, 
which, of course she properly calls her own. 
The successful apiarian ment ioned above 
thinks that the best size for a hive is twelve 
inches square and two feet high. The smaller 
the gum the more numerous the colonies 
from it. In my community—quite old and 
thickly settled—one young farmer has found 
eighteen bee trees in the woods this year. 
He took from one tree seventy-nine pounds 
of honey. w. a. 
North Carolina, 1809. 
the tariff would annihilate fine wool produc¬ 
tion, and fatally injure long wool production. 
The renewal of tho Reciprocity Treaty 
would have the same effect on the latter 
without sensibly affecting the former,—and 
it is probable Lhat the establishment of that 
treaty will be earnestly pressed next winter. 
So both interests bang on the contingency 
of escaping falling into the hands of a free 
trade congress. And the present relative 
disproportion between the two husbandries, 
in the demand and domestic supply of the 
raw material, must, in the nature of things, 
be transient. The production of long wool 
will increase rapidly, while the other, unless 
trade mends, will remain stationary, or per¬ 
haps retrograde. And the requisite supply 
of long wools for nat ional consumption, be it 
remembered, is small compared with the re¬ 
quisite supply of .'Merino wool and its grades. 
The deficiency in tho supply of long wools 
will, it is true, bo much more slowly made 
up than would be the case if it. existed in 
line wools. Many of the reasons are ob¬ 
vious. The proper habitat of tho long-wool 
sheep, in respect to climate, vegetation, and 
various other circumstances, is vastly more 
limited than that of the Merino. We know 
no case whore the former has flourished to 
any considerable extent in hot climates—or 
on natural pasturages —or in regions where 
it is compelled to subsist on either dried up 
or scanty grasses during any portion of the 
season of pasturage—or merely on ordinary 
dry hay In winter. It requires abundant 
and nutritious food summer aud winter to 
develop its profitable qualities—protection 
against violent changes of temperature aud 
weather—good, systematic and carefhl treat¬ 
ment generally. It will pay for these con¬ 
ditions, but have them it must, or soon 
degenerate. It has none of the capacity of 
the Merino to “rough it,” and undergo ex¬ 
ceptional or habitual privations and ex¬ 
posures. It, is a highly artificial animal— 
the product of high culture, and adapted to 
high systems of farm cultivation, and es¬ 
pecially to mixed systems of husbandry. It 
is in no respect the common American far¬ 
mer’s, and especially the negligent farmer’s, 
sheep. 
Other causes operate against its rapid in¬ 
crease. It. does not herd well or even safely 
except, in quite small flocks, and therefore 
large masses of land together cannot, as In 
the case of the Merino, be devoted to its 
production. It is short lived compared with 
tlie Merino — loses greatly more in quantity 
and quality of fleece as it increases in years 
—and is more profitably killed for mutton 
at an early age. The last circumstance 
compensates for its want of longevity and 
early degeneration, but none the less does it 
operate against its rapid increase. 
For the above reasons, the present especial 
“ good time ” among our long-wool growers 
may continue a year or two longer than 
would naturally be expected by those un¬ 
familiar with the peculiarities of English 
sheep. That is, this good time will continue, 
if the tariff stands and the Reciprocity 
Treaty Is not re-established. In the first, 
contingency “comes the deluge” to all our 
wool interests. In the last contingency, it 
comes to the Long-wool interest alone. 
To come now directly to the question of 
our correspondents, we cannot in anything 
which has before occurred or is now occur¬ 
ring, see any reasons for concluding that 
either great branch of wool production will 
be permanently more profitable than the 
other. As soon as the proportionable de¬ 
mand and supply of the two are equalized, 
each branch will unquestionably be most 
profitable in the situations and under the 
circumstances which are best fitted to it. 
This accords with all the experience of the 
past—all the established laws of trade. Fine- 
wool husbandry recently had its “ fever.” 
Long-wool husbandry is now under the in¬ 
fluence of the same excitement and inflation. 
When Merino wool was worth a dollar a 
pound and long wool comparatively “no¬ 
where,” every short sighted and visionary 
usbaubrti 
IT. S. RANDALL* LL. D. T EDITOR, 
Of CoKTLAJJp VlLLAGK, CoRTL AX l> CotfNTY, NkW YORK. 
POULTRY AT THE STATE FAIR 
Tins was one of the most successful, as 
well as one of the most interesting and no¬ 
ticeable, features of the exhibition. From 
early morn till dewy eve (by the way, dewy 
eve dosed when the six o’clock hell rang,) 
tlie poultry sheds were thronged by a mass 
of men, women aud children. In fact the 
poultry department seemed to be the central 
point of interest. “Well, let’s go and see 
the poultry first,” was heard scores of times 
as parties entered the grounds. And when 
the time came to leave it was, “Come and 
take one more look at the chickens." 
And well did the feathered bipeds deserve 
the attention. In proportion to the numbers 
shown, there were more first-class fowls than 
at an} r show it has been our privilege to at¬ 
tend. The largest, exhibitors were Messrs. II. 
C. Gavit, G. II. Waknnk ami J. Y. Bick- 
nell. Of the fowls shown by the latter, it 
were hard to choose any one coop as being 
specially excellent. All were of the very 
highest, quality, mid showed a. very marked 
improvement over last season’s stock. 
Nearly all the premium low Is, and in fact 
all the desirable stock shown, were exhibited 
by members of tlie New York Stab* Poultry 
Society. If all its members are making equal 
improvements in their yards, wo shall have 
a rare treat at tlieir coming fall exhibition. 
For the first Lima in our poultry experi¬ 
ence we can find no cause for criticism in 
the premium awards. The judging was hon¬ 
estly, conscientiously done; and although 
there were one or two awards In which wo 
did not quite agree with the judges, we con¬ 
fess that, the points at issue could be equally 
well sustained by either. With the excep¬ 
tion of one or t wo hucksters who assume to 
set the standard of what a pure-bred fowl 
should be, aud then find fault and grumble 
because all the premiums are not awarded 
tlieir stock representing such standard, there 
seemed to be perfect satisfaction with the 
awards. We append the 
Premium List. 
Oral/ Dorkings.— Boat, J. V. BlckncU, WcBtinoro- 
luud; 2<1, !#. II. Warner, New Vorlt Alllli. 
H'liitf Dorkings. -Best, W. C’rozlor, Nortliport; 2 d, 
J. Y mekuell. 
Black Spanish.— Oust, D. 0. Brown, Elmira; 2d, W. 
C coxier. 
Black Polands.- Best, If. Clay Gavit, Now York. 
Sillier Polish. -Boat, II. C\ Gavit. 
Block llril,. Oimn.- Beal, J. Y. Hii-knoll; 2d, K. Gib¬ 
son, New York MiIIm. 
drug Garnet.— Beet. J. Y. Blclujcl],—’“ JDuckwlima 
2d, C. 8. W1UU), Elmira. 
Pile 0(imai.— Bust, J- Y. Htckncll. 
Leghornf.— Host, J. Y Bickuell-White; 2d. II C. 
Gavit.-Brown. 
African Bantams. -Best. H. C. Ciavlt; 2d, E. A, 
Wendell, Albany. 
Hold-Laced Bantams.—Best, II. C« Gavit; 2d, E. A. 
Wendell. 
Sit rei-Laced Bantams.—Bunt, G. II. Warner. 
Print Entries.—U. Gavit, I trio White Bantams, 
commended ; K. A. Wendell, I do, Ntlllkin do., do; 
It. Gibson, 1 do. Blit. Hreustort Game <lo.. do. 
Coc/iini— Bit S’.— Beat, II. C. Gavit; 2U, G. It. Warner. 
Brahmas Light.—1st and 2d be*t,U. H. Warner. 
UrahnMS— Dark.— Best, G. H. Warner; 2d, H. C. 
Gavit. 
Hamburg*.-Beet, II. C. Gavit,-Golden Spangled; 
2d, do., Stiver do. 
Houdan*.— Bent, .1. V. Riekneii; 2d, U. H. Werner. 
Carve Cccui't,— Best. H. 0. Gavit; 2d. J. Y. IJitkuell. 
La. Pteche.—Boel, G. II. Warner. 
Suita ns.—Beat, If. ft davit. 
Extra Entries. It. ft davit, pair Golden Pheasants, 
eumtncoded r G, H, Warren, do. Silver do., do. 
Bronze Turkeys.— Best, E. A. Wendell; 2d, O. llow- 
luud, Auburn. 
While Tur/t<!v.i.-Boet, Them. Gould. Aurora; 2d, E. 
A. Wendell. 
Muscoeg Ducks.—Bast. H. C. Gavit; 2d, O. Ilowland. 
Aylesbury Ducks.-Best, G. II. Warner; 2d, II. C. 
Gavit. 
Kaucn Ducks.— Best, G. II. Warner; 2d, J. Y. Bielt- 
uoll. 
Cayuga Ducks.- 1st and 2d beat, O. Howland. 
Wood Ducks.—1 pair, G. II. Warner commended. 
Bremen Geres.—Beat, II. C. Gavit. 
White China Greer.—Best, E. A. Wendell,—no comp. 
Brown Chinn Geese.- Best, E. A. Wendell, - no comp. 
Toulouse. Geese.—Bett, U. 0. Gavit,—no comp. 
Wild Geese.—2d beat. Winner J. Hoy, French’s Mills, 
Pa. 
Guinea Fowls.-Best, E. A Wendell.—” White," 
Pigeons .—Beat collection, Master Fred. N. Douuce, 
Elmira. 
Lop-Eared, nr Madagascar Babbits.— Hi and 2d best, 
John Ha von, Fort Washington, N. Y. City 
Extra Entries. John Haven, Egyptian Buck, com¬ 
mended ; do., do. Hoe and Young, do. 
A Good t'oiswold Lamb,—Mil,TON CAMERON of 
Springfield, Ontario Co., N. Y., writes:—“Tho 
other day I killed a lamb Just four mouths old, 
which had sucked two ewes ever since ho was 
drooped, the foster mother having lost her own 
liltrio. He was of tho C'otswotd breed, and never 
had any grain ; but, upon weighing him, l found 
he weighed fifty-eight pounds of dressed mut¬ 
ton. Has this been beaten at his age? Is it not 
an unusual thing for oue lamb to suck two 
ewes V" 
Remarks.—L et us hear from other Cotawold 
brooders coucorning tho weight of their lambs. 
It is not an unusual circumstance for a lamb to 
suck two ewes. 
COMPARATIVE PROFITABLENESS 
Of Merino and English Sheep. 
We have questions from several corre¬ 
spondents in regard to the comparative per¬ 
manent profitableness Of Merino and English 
sheep. We must repeat, for the hundredth 
time: “ that depends upon circumstances.’’ 
At present the long-wool slicep have 
the advantage. The tariff of 1807 went 
into operation when the country, had its 
woolen trade been in a healthy state, would 
have beon, to a very considerable extent, 
though not fully, supplied with Merino wool. 
On the other hand the domestic supply of 
English wool was very limited, aud the de¬ 
mand was rapidly increasing by reason of 
the recent extension of worsted manufac¬ 
tures iu our country. 
The tariff sufficiently shut out foreign fine 
wools. Witness the following statement in 
a late number of the New York Economist: 
" A correspondent writing from Buenos Avres. S. 
A.. Bays that sheep are going down in prlco rapidly, 
and wool Is also declining, ho that some predict that 
at the end of this year sheep will go unshorn be¬ 
cause the wool will not pay the expenses of shearing 
and marketing. All men in tho slump business are 
trying to get out of It. Thousand* of sheep nrn 
every month melted Into tallow, and tho hide about 
pays mo expense, so that, the cauldron a fiords the 
best market for alieop. Even at this rate sheep are 
regarded as a most undesirable property. Many 
men who bought at two dollars, gold, per head, can¬ 
not now noil for one-fourth that sum Like every¬ 
thing else, the business once so proUtnhlo has been 
^ptaxnnr 
BEES IN THE SOUTH, 
Something of the Enemies of flees. 
Besides the bee-martin there arc other 
enemies which make destructive raids upon 
the bees. The well-known cat-bird is very 
fond of them. It will doubtless be news to 
some to learn lhat the common toad is also 
sometimes guilty of snapping up tho bees 
just as he does flies. A very experienced 
apiarian avows that the worms which make 
such havoc in the hives arc engendered by 
roaches or ntotlis. When these worms at¬ 
tack a gum and break the cells that are 
filled with honey so lhat it runs down, the 
bees from neighboring colonics gather in as 
though the contents of tho infested gum 
were common property, and speedily devour 
all the honey. This causes the tenants of 
the rifled hive to enter other stands and en¬ 
gage in struggles after the means of support 
which they And there. Of course this causes 
ruinous disturbance to these also. A remedy, 
or rather a preventive of the worm, is the 
blowing of tobacco smoke into the bottom 
of tho hive occasionally, when it is dis¬ 
covered that there is danger from tho pests. 
Feeding Wees. 
It is sometimes very difficult to enable the 
bees to live through the winter, owing to 
the exhaustion of their store. The bee- 
bread is their special feed, and that is de¬ 
cidedly better for them than the pure, liquid 
honey. It appears to be snore nutritious, 
and the same, quantity sustains them longer. 
They do not feed upon ttaJTIhbney till the 
bee-bread is consumed. When they do be¬ 
gin upon the honey, they devour it very 
rapidly. The following experience may be 
of advantage to apiarians: 
Some years since, during the latter part of 
winter, the bees were discovered to be dying. 
No cause could be detected for some time. 
In the loft of the kitchen there was a quan¬ 
tity of the honey locust. One day the bees 
were seen falling from that garret to the 
floor beneath. This suggested the idea of 
their trouble. They were perishing lor food, 
and had funnel tlie locusts, and were trying 
to feed upon them. Closer examination 
showed that they were very weak and poor, 
appearing unusually small. The spring was 
so near at hand, with its flowers, that, they 
did not need to be pensioners long. They 
were saved with the following food:—Water, 
sweetened with molasses; dried fruit stewed 
and cut into small pieces, and put in the 
water. Take out the empty comb carefully 
and fill it with this, and put it iu the bottom 
of the gum, or near the entrance. The little 
creatures seemed to appreciate tlie kindness 
that saved them In their extremity. They 
Would gather around the kind friend as tlieir 
little repast was brought to them, just as 
chickens gather about the one who feeds 
them, and they showed no disposition what¬ 
ever to sting their rescuer. As soon as the 
season opened they ceased to run to the 
hand that fed them, preferring to go abroad 
and glean a support by tlieir own industrious 
toil. The necessity of regularity in feeding 
was proven iu this ease. The molasses be¬ 
ing consumed, one day passed before any 
more was obtained. Intermitting the feed¬ 
ing, that one day, caused the loss of one hive. 
By the use of only two gallons of molasses, 
thirteen hives were saved through the famine 
until the opening season rendered them self- 
supporting. They didn’t need to be fed long. 
Hiving Bees. 
The inquiry of a correspondent in the Ru¬ 
ral, as to the manner in which he can man¬ 
age a swarm that settled permanently on the 
outside of a large tree, cannot, perhaps, be 
answered in season now. I saw an instance 
some years since of a similar freak. A swarm 
settled upon an oak limb about eight or ten 
inches in diameter, some twenty-five feet 
from the ground, and endeavored to take up 
permanent quarters there. They made quite 
a little showing of comb on the under side 
of the limb. Something discouraged them. 
I do not think they died, but that they mi¬ 
grated again. Perhaps the lain, or tlie sun¬ 
shine, or the constant inconvenience of 
tlieir exposed position, led them to abandon 
their quarters. The correspondent’s ques¬ 
tion can be answered by relating the experi- 
overdiHic. amt those who i.aiue last are the victims,*' 
The tariff on fine wools was not intended to 
be prohibitory, and would not be so in an active 
and healthy condition of the domestic woolen 
trade. But that trade lins not flourished 
vigorously for any extended period since the 
war. All saw that there were great tempo¬ 
rary obstructions in its way, but none antici¬ 
pated so long continued depression. The 
diminution in the demand for fine wool has 
rendered the domestic supply about sufficient 
to meet it; and the consequent dullness in 
prices has not enabled foreign fine wool to 
surmount Hie tariff and compote with it. 
Hence the conflict between domestic and 
foreign fine wools, which in a more normal 
and prosperous state of the trade, would 
have merely resulted in putting them on 
terms of equality (as to cost) iu our markets, 
and left to us only the advantages derivable 
from better slice]) and better management— 
a condition which it was judged would save 
and sufficiently protect our wool production, 
while it would limit but not destroy compet¬ 
ing production—has proved a conflict of life 
and death. Our fine wool industry has suf¬ 
fered and is suffering severely, but that of 
South America is, for the tiiuo being, de¬ 
stroyed. 
We have already alluded to the different 
circumstances under which the tariff found 
our coarse wool production, with an increas¬ 
ing demand, and a totally inadequate do¬ 
mestic supply. Nor was there any over¬ 
grown foreign production seeking a market 
here. It cost as much, unless in the article 
of internal taxation, to produce those wools 
abroad as in the United States. 
The Report of the Executive Committee 
of the National Wool Growers’ Association 
to the United States Revenue Commission, 
April, lsfJG, contained the following: 
"The grounds on which liquid duties per pound 
[i. e. with MiOuo on line wold] urn naked on eotniiing 
wools, which two impartial principally from Canada, 
are dtlforont from tin* prrneilmg. We do not here 
compete with ewsetitmly cheaper 1 alter or snhnmt- 
enee, or more favorahlo situations In any- particular, 
for growing wool. We ask I hose duties because 
these wools are highly valuable In the production of 
goods, and being used for light fabrics, tho duties 
will not bear so heavily on the cnnBuiuer; because 
Biic-h duties will loafer an luiant and important 
branch of sheep husbandry: and because, If the 
Canadian people are to enjoy the benefits of our 
market, we see no good reason why t hey should not 
share m the burthens attached to it.” 
And the National Wool Growers’ Asso¬ 
ciation passed the following among other 
resolutions, November, 1868: 
Resolved, 'flint it admits of demonstration that the 
previous wool tm iff did not impose duties on foreign 
wools equivalent to the internal luxation imposed 
cn the wool /'lowers of the Untied Staten—thus in 
eituct discriminating tu lavor of the foreign grower; 
that this was markedly tlie case Lu respect, to Cana¬ 
dian wools admitted free upon thu now happily abro¬ 
gated UecinroOity Treaty ; that we do not hesitate to 
avow that it was an object of the friends of the pres¬ 
ent wool taiiirio compel foreign producers to pay as 
much lor enjoying tlie benefits or our markets, aa do 
our own citizens. 
Risoiriu, Thatarenewal of the Reciprocity Treaty, 
iu tne article of wool, would produce most dlMntrous 
effects upon tho Jargo capital and liberal enterprise 
embarked in the production of combing wool sltiuo 
tho enactment or the present tariff; that it would 
place rhe growers of such wool entirely at a disad¬ 
vantage as Cominvod with the growers of our oilier 
wools; that It is not itillcd for or favored by the 
manufacturers of worsted fabric* thcmselye..-., but 
on the contrary they have recently declared to reso¬ 
lution.* unanimously passed by the National Assoola- 
tiou ot Wool Manufacturers—“That any advantage 
winch might accrue to the worsted manufacture 
irom the free Introduction, of combing wool* under 
the proposed Reciprocity Treaty with Canada, would 
no more than counterbalanced by checking tne Im¬ 
pulse which lias already been given to the growth of 
combing wools here." That, In view of the above 
i icts, we respectfully but earnestly urge that under 
present cu-cuinstances no change bo made cither by 
tariff 01 "^huatloii, * n the existing wool aud woolen 
We have alluded to tbe above considera¬ 
tions because in estimating the relative 
profitableness iu future of fine and coarse 
wool husbandry, we must understand 
whether the causes now affecting the con¬ 
dition of each are intrinsic and permanent 
or only incidental to a state of things, which 
is liable at any time to be changed, and which 
must in the natural course of things be 
changed before long. The latter solution is 
unquestionably the true one. Tlie repeal of 
FEED YOUR BEES 
I have just returned from an excursion a 
little out of the valley to see lhe bees. They 
are generally in a light condition—lacking 
much of honey enough for winter. On my 
return i found two men who had been wait¬ 
ing for me half a day. They had come from 
Central New York, and they told the same 
story lhat 1 am getting by letter from every 
part of the country—the central and north 
cm counties of New York, till the Central 
and Northern States of the Union, as well as 
from Canada and New Brunswick—“ My 
bees have done nothing this season; swarmed 
very well in some places, but have made no 
cap honey, and I begin to fear that they will 
not have enough for winter.” Iu this sec¬ 
tion buckwheat is about done, and I never 
knew much honey to be gathered here after 
that. On my excursion I did not find half a 
dozen hives that it would be safe to under¬ 
take the winter with without feeding. Most 
have from one-third to one-half enough— 
eight to ten pounds. 
Thousands of colonics in the central part 
of New York will starve before next May. 
I do not see how it can be helped. Tlie 
ignorance and conceit of many bee keepers 
are so great that it is impossible to make thorn 
comprehend the situation. Many already 
know enough about everything pertaining 
to the farm, including bees, and cannot be 
reached — they take no paper. Many that 
do read, and who will undertake to feed, 
will lake so litt le pains to inform themselves 
thoroughly, aud do the feeding itself so care¬ 
lessly, that the bees will be likely to be 
robbed and be worse off than if nothing had 
been done. Let each man resolve to have a 
thorough know ledge of the whole matter,— 
how much each hive has to begin with, what 
it requires, and what are the means at hand 
to supply the deficiency. Determine what 
to do, and do it promptly. M. Quinby, 
BRAHMAS AND COCHINS, 
After an experience of four years iu fowl 
breeding, I have come to the conclusion that 
the Brahmas and Cochins are humbugs, for 
the following reasons:—They eat double tho 
amount of food required by the common 
fowls. They are everlasting sitters; and if 
they do not break t heir eggs before hatching 
they will tramp their chicks to death after 
hatching. I do not consider them as good 
layers as the black, white, or golden Poland, 
or the “ tailless hens.” In fact, I do not con¬ 
sider them worth over twenty-five cents 
apiece alive, the market price for table use. 
Parties are offering them for sale in this 
vicinity for five dollars per pair and seven 
dollars per trio. I am selling them (gray 
and white Brahmas and Cochins,) for twen¬ 
ty-five cents each for table use. I paid seven 
dollars per pair for my old stock; so you 
see 1 started aright. In proof of their (the 
Brahmas,) setting propensities, I have an old 
hen that has been Belting on two stones in 
the meadow for tlie last two months. I am 
waiting patiently for the result! If it proves 
a stone quarry, or a few acres of cobbles, 
said lien is not for sale. Oconomowac. 
BelvMore, Ill., Aug. 1. 
