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NOTES AND QUERIES. 
Fine Wool Outside of Spam. — Some 
time since a two line item found its way 
into the Rural New-Yorker, stating that 
" fifty years ago there, was not a pound of 
line wool grown outside of Spain.” In ro- 
spouse thereto, K. of Niles, Mich., writes: 
‘ Sixty years ago, John' R. Livixoston of 
then let them run for two weeks; the ticks 
will, during that time, nearly all collect on 
the lambs; then dip the lambs into a vat of 
strong tobacco juice; then hurdle the sheep 
and sprinkle the juice that remains on the 
sheep. This done, the ticks won’t trouble 
you for three or four years again.—C. E. 
Straiuut, Cuyahoga Co., 0. 
Foot-Rot.—Will some of your readers 
give their mode of treatment {and success) 
of foot-rot among sheep.—c. s. 
Ix the Practical Shepherd, for sale at thi3 
BRAN FOR STOCK. 
Red Hook, on the Hudson Ri\ei, an pot < < O pj co> detailed directions for the treatment 
a flock of very tine Merino sheep from . pain. ^ ^j s disease are given, as they have been 
uud bred from them for sol era years, frequently given in Jhese columns. We 
wool being noted for its fineness. have no objections to hearing from oorrd- 
Sic Transit. Etc.—The famous flock of s 
Rambouillet sheep is no more. Wo had the j 
pleasure of seeing this Hock at the French 
imperial farm of the same name, in 1867. 
At that time it consisted of about one thou- i 
sand animals, including some four hundred ‘ 
breeding ewes. It was founded in 1780, by 1 
the present of a number of what wore t lmu a 
regarded as choice Merinos, from tile King t 
of Spain to Louis XVI. Portraits in oil i 
were taken of those, and are still preserved i 
for the purpose of comparison with the lul- 1 
or produce. The celebrity of the Hock in- . 
dueed the Importation of specimens into 
almost all countries growing fine wool; and 
the special points of excellence were their 
remarkable size and general fullness of 
muscular development as Merinos, together 
with the length and style of the wool sta¬ 
ple. But ‘‘necessity knows jio law:” the 
Prussian army must have meat, and recent , 
accounts state t hat not. a single specimen of 
the (lock remains at Rambouillet to repro- ' 
duce its kind. There are other flocks, how- ' 
ever, in France, and probably elsewhere, in 
which may be found the pure blood Ram¬ 
bouillet French Merino, so that the loss, 
however serious, is perhaps not irreparable. 
—National Livestock Journal. 
N. Gorham writes:—“ Forty-eight years 
ago, I saw in Cayuga Co., N. Y., and person¬ 
ally examined, several (locks of fine wool 
sheep, (then popularly called Saxony,) of 
from three to eleven hundred each, andean 
give the names of the llockholdcrs. Forty- 
three, years ago my father purchased, 
through Wm. Pitkin of Rochester, a full- 
bred Saxony buck, (and he was a fine wool 
sheep.) and brought him into Canada, where 
the animal was kept until he died, upon the 
farm where I now live. The original bill of 
sale of this sheep U now in my possession. 
Sixty-five year* ago tile French army of tho 
first Napoleon had overrun Spain, cap¬ 
tured and scattered (lie Royal flocks of 
Spain, and sent large numbers thereof to 
France, whereby was laid the foundation of 
the French Royal flocks of Rambouillet. 
Near the same time Col. Humphrey, then 
United Stal es Minister at the < ’ourt of Spain, 
was Instrumental in having sent to the 
United Status the first line wool sheep ever 
sent to America, of which we have any au¬ 
thentic record with which 1 am conversant.” 
Of course the Rural New-Yorker had 
access, and knew of facts controverting the 
paragraph,which was admit ted by oversight. 
We are not so sorry, however, as we might 
be, had it not brought the facts above given. 
Proti table Leicester Ewes.—Who can 
beat this— the proceeds of nine Leicester 
ewes? They had seventeen lambs; two of 
them died shortly after they came; the re¬ 
maining fifteen lived. Gave one away in 
consequence of the ewe. not having sufficient 
feed for the two. Receipts as follows: 
Wool, 54 pounds at 50 cents a pound,.. .$27.00 
Premiums oil ewes and lambs at fair,. 11.00 
Seven lambs sold,.. .35.00 
Six lambs slaughtered and sold meat,.. 30.30 
Six polls,... 9.00 
$117.30 
The best ewe lamb, worth $G, was killed 
by cattle. One of the above lambs dressed 
sixty-eight pounds.—P. Grant, Fort Cov¬ 
ington, N. Y. 
Weaning Lambs.—The Canada Farm¬ 
er gives the following suggestions in regard 
to weaning lambs:—“When separated from 
the ewes, lambs should be placed in a field 
as distant as possible from them, so as to be 
out of reach of their bleat ing, and they will 
become contented and thriving. The pas¬ 
ture to which the lambs are put ought to bo 
somewhat better than that to which they 
have been accustomed, yet not too luxuri¬ 
ant, and if the ewes and lambs can be turned 
into it together for a week, and then taken 
away, the lambs will not then fret so much 
as would be the case were they removed to 
a field that is strange to them.” 
To Kill Ticks on Sheep—The best way 
that I have ever tried is to shear my sheep, 
have no objections to hearing from corre¬ 
spondents, however, in response to this 
inquiry. 
Lin col n ah ire and Lelcesters for Comb¬ 
ing Wools.—Tn answer to the inquiry about 
“Sheep for Combing Wools,” in Rural 
New-Yorker, Feb. 3, by J. W. If., Pike- 
vttle, Term., we can say for his benefit, that 
crossing a Lincolnshire ram on Leicester 
ewes produces an excellent staple for comb¬ 
ing; and if properly cared for, will thrive in 
large flocks.—J. F. D., Manlius, N. Y. 
utnan. 
HONEY BEES AND GRAPES. 
Under the above, in Rural New-York¬ 
er of Feb. 10, in reply to “ Porte ('rayon’s ” 
assertion that three-fifths of the Concord 
grapes had been destroyed by the honey 
bee, you say, “ We are inclined to doubt 
* Porte Crayon's’ theory or the accuracy of 
his observation; certainly shall doubt It 
until somebody confirms It.” It is a source 
of some regret to me to bo able (at least 1 
think 1 am able) to furnish the confirmation. 
In 1870 J raised about 7,1K>0 pounds Concord 
grapes—was the whole of September gath¬ 
ering them, ”50 to 300 pounds per day. 
When a little more than half t hrough, they 
wore attacked by the houcy bee, and in a 
few days they came lu countless numbers, 
making great huvoo with the grapes, de¬ 
stroying whole clusters, and many clusters 
upon the same vine, clearing out the pulp 
as clean as though drawn by human tongues, 
leaving the mutilated skins hanging to ( lie, 
stems. During the last two or three days’ 
picking, I have no doubt tho product had 
been reduced nearly or quite one half. 
Other vineyards in this vicinity suffered 
like depredations. W. B. Pratt. 
Indianapolis, Ind., Fob., 1873. 
E. Cochran writes us — I will vouch 
for the truth of “ Porto Crayon’s ” theory, 
given ill the Rural New-Yorker of Feb. 
10. 1 found that my Concord grapes were 
about one-fourth destroyed by the bees; 
and when the Concords were gone the bees 
went at my Isabellas, and destroyed a good 
many of thorn. When I was picking I had 
to tar the vinos in order to get the bees off 
so that they would not sting my hands. 
R„ Elyria, O., writes: “ Boos have done 
great damage in this vicinity to grapes. 
The Italian beo has done the most injury, 
preferring the Catawba grape. Isabella and 
other varieties have been injured by the 
common bee, 
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BEE NOTES AND QUERIES. 
How to Build a Bee-House. —In tho 
Rural New-Yorker of January 6th an 
inquiry was made, howto build a bee house. 
My neighbor has one in which he has kept 
bees for the last twelve years or more, and 
has made honey (box honey), without being 
bothered with swarming, only once in a 
while. He has some swarms In it he thinks 
havo not swarmed while in there—twelve 
years, i built mo one somewhat like his 
this winter. Mine is 23 feet 9 Inches long, 
4 feet wide, 5’.. feet high, divided into 11 
partitions, all inclosed with matched boards 
not planed. The roof is shingled; there is a 
door to each partition; partitioned with 
matched inch boards not planed. In each 
of these partitions lean put a swarm. Mine 
arc the common box hive. Other hives 
might be used. I set my hive on slats, well 
secured, 23 inches from tlm floor; remove 
the bottom board of the hi VO so that all the 
dead bees and filth will drop on the floor, 
where it can be easily removed. I take the 
top board off and put one on half an inch 
thick, full of holes (this gives a circulation 
through the hive). On this board T put a 
box made of half-inch lumber, large enough 
to cover all the holes; each of these parts 
has a partition across, so the space where 
the hive is is two feet by one foot ten inches. 
—J. Klock, Tioga Co., Pa. 
Again T say, save or procure a supply of 
bran and middliugs. In answer to an In- j 
quiry some time since in regard to the value , 
of the manure from a ton of hay, I made j 
the statement that experiment had demon- ) 
strated that the manure from bran was j 
more valuable than that from the same 
amount of weight of any of our common 
cereals—hay, straw or vegetables. I will i 
make a few remarks on the value of bran 
as food and medicine for st ock. I know it 1 
Is spoken of and recommended by many, 
but it is not held in that degree of estima- ’ 
tion to which it is entitled, uor used in the , 
place, nor in tho manner, its qualities would 
be likely to render it of tho most value. 
If you will go to the trouble of examining 
a table of its chemical analysis, and com¬ 
pare it with other articles of feed in com¬ 
mon use, you will perhaps be able to form 
some conclusions when, uud in what quan¬ 
tity, it will be a valuable addition to the 
other feed being used, In order to make up 
some deficiency, or counterbalance some 
excess of ingredients in tho other more 
common articles of feed. 
It is on invaluable article for feeding 
youug, growing animals, presenting tho 
necessary ingredients for tho growth and 
strengthening of the frame. Whereas, with 
too rich a feed, a great portion of it would 
pass off in tho excrements, and the system 
become clogged wit h excess of fatty matter, 
which could not bo assimilated for want of a 
proportionate amount of bone and rnuscle- 
formlug substance. And with it, you can 
obviate the necessity of going to the other 
extreme, as a great many do, and leave 
them on bulky feed which contains very 
little of either him or her, and of which 
the animal is not able, to eat and digest suf¬ 
ficient to make much growth in either fat, 
blood or bones, and sometimes not even the 
necessary amount to keep its hide on. 
It is the very thing to bring up a poor 
animal into a sufficient condition for receiv¬ 
ing richer feed. 
It is the very thing to tone down the 
fevered and clogged system, resulting from 
colds, or an excess in feeding rich, fatty 
It will :uld tone and digestion to the 
weakened stomach, and vigor to the dull 
and stupid frame. 
In the hands of a feeder who will pay 
sufficient attention to the condition of his 
animals lo delect any irregularities of their 
system, and who will use some judgment, 
it can be made to render us effectual service 
in tho cure and prevention of disease, as 
blue-mass and gruel soup in the hands of 
the medical profession. And like the gruel 
soup—which, if it or something equivalent 
to it, was administered at the proper time, 
it would bo most likely to result in a euro 
or prevention, without the necessity of re¬ 
sorting to the use of the blue-mass- so 
bran can be made to choclc or prevent dis¬ 
ease, and thus obviate the necessity of 
using powders, drenohings, &c., and thus 
divert the danger and debilitating effects 
attending their use. 
For those who cook their coarse feed, or 
who give a liberal allowance of roots, its use 
would not be so much required. But I 
write tills for the masses of the people, who 
neither cook their feed, nor yet feed roots, 
and with whom its use is most neglected, 
who yearly ship their shipatuff, or feed It 
injudiciously to gel it out of the road; leav¬ 
ing their young animals to become stinted 
on coarse feed, their milking ones to burn 
l dry with carbon, their fattening oucs to 
; become diseased, and their sickly ones to 
1 die, all for the want of a proper proportion 
i in the digestible ingredients of their feed. 
) Westmoreland Co., Pa. J. II. Bennett. 
their horns standing in all directions, caused 
by knockingagalust the stanchions; and it is 
not very desirable to have a previously 
matched pair of steers with the horus of 
one standing up and the other down, and 
the other’s horus turned in like those of a 
crumplcd-horuod cow. My plan is to either 
let the calves go loose in a pen or tie them 
with a rope. I have used stanchions for 
large cattle siuco I havo owned cuttle, and 
my father has used them since I can remem¬ 
ber. 1 like them much.—1. S., Carry, Pa. 
Boiling Cattle.—1 look in vain for some¬ 
thing In your columns on Soiling C'utilo. 
The subject of wholly, or in part, soiling 
milch cows, is attracting considerable atten¬ 
tion hereabouts. With high-priced land, 
and facilities for disposing of tue milk pro¬ 
duct, such as cheese factories, creameries, 
&c., starting up all around us, we are surely 
drifting into keeping InOl'e cow s on less land. 
How to do it, ami do it well, is the question 
of importance. L want to try some Lucerne 
for soiling. Will you tell me how best to 
succeed with it? How much seed to tho 
acre? How put In and when? Where can 
1 get the seed best and cheapest ?—C. A. 
Winders. 
We ask our readers having practical expe¬ 
rience in soiling cattle, and with Lucerne, lo 
reply for our correspondent’s benefit. We 
are always glad to receive and publish prac¬ 
tical experience in any department of hus¬ 
bandry. 
Stanchions lor Stock.—E. M. S. asks 
the Rural New-Yorker "if, in its opin¬ 
ion, cows will do as well in stanchions as 
when tied.” We reply, if we were going to 
fasten ten or a hundred oows, all thiugs con¬ 
sidered. we should regard the stanchion 
mode of fastening the most convenient, 
cheapest, tidiest, safest and best. This 
Opinion is based upon considerable ex¬ 
perience and observation. The same cor¬ 
respondent, asks how Central N. Y. dairy¬ 
men, near large factories fasten their, cow-3. 
Will Mr. Willard answer. 
NOTES FOR HERDSMEN. 
Btancliiona for Calves.—Seeing another 
invitation iu the Rural New-Yorker to 
contribute) in regard to stanchions, 1 would 
impart an idea in the way of correction. 1 
admire the plan of B. P. M. Mallory’S 
stanchions given in Rural, August 19,1871; 
but l think his cattle must be rather thin 
necked if six inches is room enough for the 
same. The necks of my two-year-old cattle 
arc over seven inches thick, and require a 
space of eight inches. 
Again, a Mr. David Logan, Jr., sends a 
sketch, published in the same number, and 
says lie lias used stanchions for many years, 
for all kinds of stock, from calves to heavy- 
cows, and has never had reason to be dis¬ 
satisfied. IBs luck is better man mine. 
Two years ago I wintered fourteen head of 
calves in stanchions. They came out with 
The American Fish Cult mists' Association 
has been holding a convention In Albany, and 
(ms elected the following officers l'or tlic ensu¬ 
ing vein-: Prcs’l- William CUFT. Trcas.—li. 
F. I inwins. See. — It. Stouo. L.r. Coin .— Scih 
(been, J. D. Bridgman and A.U. Bupe. Reso¬ 
lutions were adopted to petition the Govern¬ 
ment to establish two or more full-hutching 
establishments on Puget Sound and tlio Atlantic 
coast ; lo seek foreign exchange*; lor a peiuia- 
m-nt fish exhibition lit Centro I Pork, and that 
the headquarters of (lie Amocmtioii bo id No. 10 
Warren street, New York, where the next meet¬ 
ing will be held. 
Caledonia Co., \ t., Ag. hoc. — Officers gleet : 
I'rcu. Ciias. A. Sylvi siun. St. Jolittsbury. Ft'cc- 
/Vod's Calvin Month, St. Jolmsbiiry: Joshua 
Hernia, Lyndon'. Secretarial - 1. W. Sanborn, 
f.vmlonvulo; H. C. llamiuts, N. M. Johnson, Bt. 
johnsburv • Treat.- C. .>1- Stone. St. Johusbury. 
At a special meeting of the Caledonia Agricul¬ 
ture 1 Society, mid representatives from the State 
Agricultural Society, held at St. JolmAmy re¬ 
cently, arrangements were umdo to bold tho 
State Fair on Ibo Caledonia. l air Grounds nt St. 
Johnsbury, the second week In September next, 
-i. W. Sanborn. 
The Farmer*’ Club of Monmouth Co„ N. J., 
held its annual miotfug Feb. 8th, at Freehold, 
mid elected 11m following officer* for 1B758: 2'i rtf. 
svui mAV. Jones. \ ice-l ret.- Dr. J. C.Thomp¬ 
son. tier. Sec.— 8. K. Thompson. Cor. See.— D. 
A. Vandcrveer. Treat. John Dorranco. Ex. 
Cow.- T. V- Dubois, W. T. Denise, Lufajctto 
Scluuiek. Meetings are held on tho second 
Thursdays in Feb., May, Aug., and Nov, 
Luke Co., O., Ag. Soc.—Ollicem for 1872: Pres. 
—Geo. Bush. Vicc-Pr c.v’t—Jos. Stoker. Trcqa. 
—S. T. Ladd, Sec.—D. W. Mead. Directors—II- 
C. Hand, Madison; C. C. Jennings, PaincsvUle. 
L. L. Newish, LeKoy; W. B. Tuttle. Concord; 
Thos. Thompson, Pony; E. T. C. Aldrich, Man- 
tor; ll.G. Try on, Klmand; thus. Fetton, Wil¬ 
loughby. 
The GenosvC Co., N. Y., Ag. Soc. held its an¬ 
nual meeting Jan. 9. 1872, when tho following 
mi mod officers were elected for tho ensuing year t 
Prca. E. Townsend, Pavilion. VicoFm’ts—N. 
Moultbrop. Elba; S. B. Luyk, Batavia. Sec.— 
(leu. II. Robertson. Batavia. Trim. —A. R. 
Warner, llatavia.— Geo. H. Robertson, Sec. 
Ingham Co., Mich,, Ag. Soc. — Officers for 
1872: Pres. Ur. W. W. Root. ITcc-Pmt’s—J. 
| ('raddock. Geo. Wilson and A. Hunt. See.—Geo. 
W. Bristol, Mason. Trauf.—T. Doaraore. Di¬ 
rector* -Win. Honiervlllo and N. Branch, which 
officers, together with four other Directors, con¬ 
stitute the " Board of Managers." 
Northeastern .Missouri llort. Ass’n.—Officers 
elect for 1872: Pm.-Dr. It. N. ANDERSON. Vice- 
Fra*.—Jasper Turner. lice, Sec.—M. W, Wood. 
Cor. See— A- B. Trubue. Treat, and Librarian— 
J. Smith. Ag. Chemist- Dr. W, A. Gordon. Prof, 
of Horticulture — D. Jenkins. Dcntomotoyist—o. 
lr. Taft. 
The Wisconsin Stutc Dairymen's Association. 
—Officers elect: IVc*.— Chester Hazen, Ladoga, 
Fond du Lac Co. F»'e«-Pmt’8—II. F. Dousman. 
Watervfile, Wauheska Co,, fiud It. Drake, Lake 
MltU Jefferson Co. See— W. D. Hoard, Laltn 
31111a. Treat. W. S. Greet), Milford, Jefferson Co. 
Kansas Stock Growers’ Asa’n.—Officers elect 
lor le72: Prat— L. D. Bailey. Vice- free'la—L. 
Sternberg, G. A. Crawford, 0. W. Bill. Sec.—J. 
U. McAfee. Treat.—C. W. Jewell. Ex. Com.—J. 
K. I ludson, O. O. St- John, J. Yurtuin, D. IS. Long, 
J. Huiteduy. 
Chenango Co., N. ¥., Ag, Soc.—Officers elect 
for 1872: Frees. —A. JI. HOLCOMB, North Nor¬ 
wich. Vtce-Pres.— B. F. Mills, Coventry. Sec.— 
R. A, Young, Norwich. Treats. — G. S. Mead, 
Norwich. 
Sangamon Co., III., Ag. 8oc.—Officers elec : 
Pm.—J. B. Perkins. Treat.—John Williams. 
Sec.—W. O. Converse. Fair at Springfield, tLe 
week commencing Sept. 2*1,1873. 
