coarse wools and wished to raise lambs for 
market, I should cross them with a pure 
bred Leicester ram. I believe that cross 
not only gives you larger lambs than you 
can otherwise get, but they fatten at an 
early age; and should a person wish to 
raise a llock from this cross he would get a 
good quality of combing wool; for if your 
ram is pure bred, his get will most of them 
be similar to himself; but the next cross 
would quite likely take back on both sides, 
and the consequence would be that you 
would have an uneven and not very desir¬ 
able flock. For the above reason 1 should 
prefer the pure bred Leicestcra. I have 
kept a few' of them for a few years and I 
know that they are easy keepers—very 
quiet in their habits, which enables them 
to tako on fat rapidly, While a wild, shy 
breed v'ould keep more lean ; and 1 do not 
hesitate to say that, for beauty and sym¬ 
metry they are not. surpassed by any breed. 
They shear a third more wool than the 
Cheviot, with the same keep; their wool is 
long, with a beautiful luster and a great, deal 
finer and softer, and will command from 
fifteen to twenty oents more per pound. 
1 cannot speak of them as mutton sheep 
from experience, never having butchered 
any; but it is claimed that, they will dress 
from thirty to fifty pounds the quarter at 
maturity, when well fattened. 
In December, 18Ct», 1 wont to Canada and 
pm-chased a few of the Leicester sheep; 
while there there was a fair at, Galt, and a 
drover named Oliver was purchasing his 
Christmas drove for New Tone. I saw 
four old ewes, older than the owner wished 
to breed from, that he had fed up to the | 
week before Christmas. When put upon 
the scales their average weight, was :.*% 
pounds. A friend told me that, five or six 
three-year old wethers had been weighed 
before 1 arrived, and their average weight 
was 325 pounds; so you Bee that- although 
they are small-boned and short-legged, they 
are monsters when put upon the scales. 
In reply to the Inquiry whether they will 
thrive if kept in large llooks 1 do not, be¬ 
lieve it makes as much difference in the 
size of the flock as in the place where they 
are kept. For instance, put 50 or 75 sheep 
\t §onm\n 
NEW 80TJTH WALES 
TO HALTER A WILD COLT 
8heep Washing: and Shearing. 
American shepherds are interested in 
knowing what is doing, and how it is done, 
In countries that, have heretofore, and do 
now to some extent, compete with them 
in the wool markets of the world. The ac¬ 
companying engravings show the arrange¬ 
ments for, and process of, sheep washing 
and shearing at the establishment of Messrs. 
Clive, Hamilton & Traill, Colaroy, Now- 
South Wales. The follow-ing is the explana¬ 
tion of the sheep-washing picture:—a is a 
20-horse power engine, working a 16-inch 
Appold pump, h, which raises water from 
the river alongside, discharging about, 3,000 
gallons per minutu Into spouting tank 0, 
(half of which is cut off in the drawing to 
show the work behind). The tank is of 
iron, 4 ft. deep, furnished with spout 4 ft. 
long, 6 in. deep, terminating in an opening 
3 ft. long aud 3-16 or }i iu. wide, the width 
being regulated by screws. Through this 
aperture the w-ater, under the pressure of 
8 ft. 6 In., l-ushes with great force; c t e is 
an iron tub in which the “spouter” stands 
while holding the sheep under the spout; f 
is an inclined plane, up which the sheep 
w-alk after emerging from the water, pass¬ 
ing on to large battened yards, 150 ft. by 
100 ft., w-hcro they remain till partially dry. 
These yards are not shown in the drawing; 
g is another 10-horse power engine, used for 
cutting firewood at the circular saw- bench 
h; und to furnish Btearn to heat water in 
the soaking tank f, and the ten square tanks 
k, ranged along either side of the soaking 
tank. 
To each of these tanks is fitted a branch 
steam pipe Vi, communicating with tile 
main steam pipe n n, leading from the 
boilers of both euglnes, a and g, so that 
both uro available for heating water, of 
which a very large quantity, varying from 
7.000 to 10.000 gallons, is required for a sin¬ 
gle day’s work; o O 0 are water pipes lead¬ 
ing from the spouting tank c, to supply the 
square tanks 7f, the soap tubs p aud q, and 
spare water tub r, Tim soap tubs are also 
111 ted with steam pipes, for the purpose of 
boiling their contents; s is donkey-engine 
placed over a well, from whence, driven by 
a continuation of steam pipes from both 
boilers, it draws water for showering, 
through a Ucxibio hose, the dirty sheep in 
receiving yard t, for transmission through 
the pipe n, of water to drinking troughs for 
the washed sheep in the battened yards, 
filling up the Appold pump by branch pipes, 
which is often necessary, aud for various 
other purposes. 
If the reader lias had patience to work 
out the foregoing explanation, he will be 
prepared to follow the process of washing. 
Tiie receiving yards having been filled wit h 
sheep, the water in, ami the tanks brought 
up to the required temperature by means 
of the steam pipes, and the soaking tank 
charged with tile prescribed proportion of 
dissolved soap, etc., the pump is set to work 
to (ill the spoutiug tank and reservoirs un¬ 
derneath into which the spouts discharge. 
Tiie portcullis gate to is then lifted, and 
from eight to ten sheep are sent down the 
inclined chute x, into the soaking tank, 
when they are manipulated by men on 
either side, and allowed to swim for four or 
five minutes. Hence they pass on to (he 
draining stage y, again down a short Incline 
to the stage z, from thence, lastly, they are 
handed to the spouters. By these they are 
rolled and turned under the knife-like jet 
of water for two minutes, when they swim 
out to the inclined landing stage us white 
as snow. 
When the water in tho soaking tank be¬ 
comes overcharged with dirt, by a simple 
arrangement it cau be emptied and refilled 
with clean hot water from the square tank, 
in which a constant supply is kept up, iu 
eight or ten minutes. From 1,200 to 2,000 
sheep are washed daily. 
Master James W. Stonington writes: 
“ I have a colt that lias never been haltered, 
so wild that when in the stable I cannot get 
my hands oil it. Is there not some way by 
which skilled horsemen do such things? If 
so, I wish they would tell me how.” For 
Master .J ames’ benefit we give an illustra¬ 
tion showing bow wo have seen it done 
many times. Take a light polo, ten or 
twelve feet long, or us long as you can 
haudle to advantage, drive two nails into it 
about eight inches apart, the first about an 
inch from the end of tho pole, with the 
heads bent a little outward from each other. 
Then take a common rope halter with a 
running noose, pull the part which slips 
through tho noose back about two feet and 
hung tiie part that goes over the head upon 
the pole between the nail3, keeping hold of 
the hitching part, which must be as long as 
the pole. 
The halter is now so spread and hung 
upon the stick as to be easily put on to the 
head. If the colt is not excited or fright¬ 
ened as you extend the halter towards him, 
he will reach out his nose to smell and ex¬ 
amine it; and while he is thus gratifying 
his curiosity you can bring the slack part 
under his Jaw and raiso tho polo high 
enough to bring the halter over and back 
of tho ears, when, by turning tho stick half 
way round, the halter will drop from it 
upon the head, This will frighted the colt 
a little and cause him to run from you; but 
this will cause the slack part passing back 
of the jaw to be tightened, and the colt will 
t hus be secured. 
TO TREAT BALKY HORSES 
Permit me to give you my method of 
handling balky horses, which is not as se¬ 
vere as some remedies which I have noticed 
m the Rural New-Yorker, but, 1 doubt 
not, more effectual. It is not natural for 
the horse to balk; his driver teaches it to 
him by ill usage and overtaxing his strength. 
Spirited and nervous horses are generally 
tho ones whose education Is thus spoiled. 
Now, harness him beside a sturdy, true 
one; see that his harness tits well, so as not 
to chafe and gall him; drive quietly aud 
kindly. Load so that your good horse can 
start the load. When you see he is going to 
stop, do it yourself; let them stand a few 
moments, and start again. Keep quiet and 
calm. Practice him a short time, gradually 
increase your loud, and under no circum¬ 
stances whip nor kick nor speak loud nor 
swear at him; for swearing is abominable 
to a well-bred horse. Always be kind and 
calm. Speak gently, and caress and pet 
him when you are handling him, and in a 
short time ho will reward you by drawing 
true and well, and appear to take a pleasure 
to do what you require of him. Let the 
same person, if possible, handle him until 
cured of the habit. Such horses invariably 
require kind treatment. II. W. Linn. 
Vernon Co., Mo. 
MILK FEVER, 
DAIRY NOTES, 
Tiie recent loss of a valuable cow—one of 
the best of the herd—ou account of “ milk 
fever ” prompts ns to give ivarning to dairy¬ 
men who have cows •* coming in milk ” dur¬ 
ing hot weather, that the trouble may he 
avoided. We hear of quite a number of 
cows lost in J line from this disease, and all 
these losses, probably—including our own— 
have come from neglecting to take precau¬ 
tionary measures in the diet of tho cows for 
some weeks previous to tho time of partu¬ 
rition. “Milk fever,” “dropping after 
calving,” or more properly “Puerperal 
fever,” is described by Youatt as prima¬ 
rily an inflammation of tho wouib or of the 
peritoneum, but it afterwards assumes an 
intensity of character truly speoilic. Cows 
in high condition are most subject to an at- 
taok of puerperal fever. Their excess of 
condition, or state of plethora, disposes 
them to affections of an inflammatory char- | 
Sunday Cheese Making,—“ A Way out 
of a Grievous Burthen” is the title of an 
article iu the Rural of May 25th, it having 
been written by some one with an evident 
desire to do some practical good. Thinking 
a little experience might strengthen the 
faith of some, aud, perhaps, aid iu ending 
the abomination, 1 would say that I am 
running a factory of my own for the second 
season, and receiving the milk of between 
two and three hundred cows; that I cool 
the Saturday evening and Sunday morn¬ 
ing’s milk to between 50 and 60 degrees. In 
the common cheese vat, soon after arrival. 
Monday morning my alarm strikes, and ono 
hand commences the manufacture of the 
milk early enough so that the patrons cau 
have the whey to take homo. We like the 
practice well, and think most manufactur¬ 
ers can do the same. — F. M. Whiting, 
Copenhagen, N. Y. 
NOTES FOR HORSEMEN 
Mule with. Cough.—J. E. II. asks a 
remedy for a mule that has a short, dry 
cough; has had it for a about two months. 
If the cause is worms (as It may be) Jen¬ 
nings recommends giving one of the fol¬ 
lowing powders for three successive nights: 
of calomel, three drams; of tartar emet¬ 
ic, one dram; mix and divide into three 
powders. Twenty-four hours after give a 
ball made of Baibadoes aloes, six drams; 
pulverized ginger, two drams, aud pulver¬ 
ized gentian root, one dram. If the cough 
arises from irritation of the larynx or upper 
part of the throat, a few applications of 
mustard may relieve it. 
SHEEP FOR COMBING WOOL 
Under tho above head I noticed iu the 
Rurad New-Yorker some time since, the 
question was asked by J, W. H., Pikeville, 
Tomb, what is the best cross, or kind for 
growing a good kind ol’ combing wool; aud 
whether such sheep will thrive in large 
flocks. Seeing no answer to the iuterogatory 
of J. W. H,, I shall venture, in a very 
brlef way, to give my opinion in regard to 
the above questions. 
In the first place, had I the old fashioned 
Dutch sheep, Cheviot, or auy of the ordinary 
