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RESOLUTIONS OF VT. STATE AG. SOO. 
Ou the Death of Mr. Hammond. 
A meeting of tlie Directors of tbe above 
named Society was held at Bellows’ Falls, 
Jan. 25. Henry Clark, Esq., Hon. John 
Gregory and Hon. Crosby Miller made 
eloquent and appropriate remarks on tbe 
death of Mr. Hammond. Tbe two first 
named gentlemen and Hon. J. W. Colburn 
were appointed a committee to prepare reso¬ 
lutions on tbe subject. Tbe Committee pre¬ 
sented tbe following, which were unanimous¬ 
ly adopted: 
TT'i re.iv. The Directors of the Vermont State Apr- 
rlcultur.il Society have heard with profound regret 
of the death or Edwin Hammond, one of the mem¬ 
bers of this Board, and sincerely deploring his loss; 
therefore be it 
U< solved, That, in his death the Vermont State Agri¬ 
cultural Society and Wool Growers 1 Association is 
culled upon t > mourn the loss of Line of its curly, L‘IH- 
clcnl and tried friends, and its Board of Directors 
arc deprived of a prudent and wise counsellor, to 
whom they have long been accustomed to look fo'r 
valuable aid and faithful service, and the State loses 
one ot its eminent and most useful citizens. 
i: .j ...i, That, the Hoard of Directors tender to the 
family of their deceased associate their most sincere 
expressions or sympathy ut the Irreparable loss which 
they have simulat'd in Hie death of au affectionate 
huAand, parent, friend and Counsellor. 
flutolivd, That tiro Secretary he directed to enter 
tins testimonial of our respect lor his memory upon 
the records of the Society, and transmit, u copy to the 
family of tho deceased, 
Tbe Rutland Herald says:—Hon. Harley 
M Hall of East Burke, was elected a Di¬ 
rectin' to till the vacancy caused by tbe death 
of Henry Keyes, and George Hammond of 
Middlebury, in place of Edwin Hammond, 
deceased. Tbe society are to be congratu¬ 
lated upon tbe election of two such energetic 
and well qualified gentlemen to fill tbe va¬ 
cancies caused by tbe loss of two of its most 
useful and honored members. Mr. Hall is 
one of the largest and most successful farm¬ 
ers of Northeastern Vermont, and is widely 
known as an intelligent and enthusiastic 
friend of agriculture in all its departments. 
Mr. Hammond is a son of Edwin IIammond, 
ami from bis earliest years has been associ¬ 
ated with bis father in the management of 
their large agricultural interests—possessing 
many of bis father’s valuable traits of char¬ 
acter—coupled with great energy and a live¬ 
ly interest in agricultural matters. 
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SHEEP ON THE PLAINS. 
Dr. H. Latham writes thus to tbe Omaha 
Herald: 
1 wish to point tbe flock masters of Iowa, 
Missouri, Illinois, Indiana and Ohio, and all 
tbe other States of tbe great rainfall and 
low lands, to the localities where they can 
take their flocks to cheap lands, to a cool, 
dry and equable climate, to high, porous, 
gravelly soils, and to grazing that is peren¬ 
nial. For tbe present, the most desirable 
localities are those along the great railway 
lines, as railways furnish the means of cheap 
transit to markets lor wool and mutton. 
The Union Pacific Railway, from Omaha to 
Sherman, its highest point, passes up a 
gradual plane, forming thu interior table 
land of tbe continent. It is all, both to tbe 
north and south of the railway, a vnst, 
grassy plain. At Julosburg station, you are 
on a table land, 3,800 feet above tide, and so 
on, as you approach tbe mountains, tbe 
plateau is higher, and the soil less sandy 
and more gravelly and porous. 
Lodge Pole Creek, a tributary of the South 
Platte, waters the country in tbe immediate 
vicinity of the railroad for 190 miles. Here 
are at least 1,000,000 acres of land furnishing 
short, sweet vegetation of great variety, com¬ 
prising many aromatic plants, principal 
among which is the arl.etnesia, or sage family, 
which, on the Plains, has eight or ten vari¬ 
eties, The bottom lands of this stream fur¬ 
nish hay for any number of sheep, as they 
only require hay during storms. This 
million acres would furnish summer and 
winter pasturage to a million sheep, which 
would yield annually 4,000,000 pounds of 
wool, worth, at the present low prices, $1,- 
200,000. North of this stream, along the 
eastern base of the Black Hills, is Horse 
Creek, which is about 5,000 J’cet above the 
level of the sea, directly north from Chey¬ 
enne. Where it empties into the Platte, it 
is not more than 4,400 feet high. This 
stream has, as tributary, Bear Creek, 40 miles 
long, which takes rise from Bear Lake, and 
litis beautiful groves of cottonwood and box 
elder on its banks.. It lias fine bottoms, with 
luxuriant grass for hay, bordered by uplands 
with the best of grazing. This stream and 
Horse Creek aggregate 100 miles of length, 
giving 640,000 acres of grazing, where half a 
million sheep could graze the year around. 
Larens Fork is another stream watering 
a splendid grass country, it is 00 miles 
long, and has plenty of Hay, bluff grazing 
and timber. Fox Creek rises out of the solid 
rock in White Bluffs, runs to the Plnttc, and 
is SO miles long. Box Elder and Deer 
Creeks are two more tributaries of the North 
Plutte, respectively 25 and 40 miles long. 
They take their rise in bluffs which are cov¬ 
ered with pine, furnishing fine building and 
fencing material. They also have cotton¬ 
wood, aspen and box elder timber on the 
borders of the streams. Chug Water, with 
its North, Middle, and South Forks, and 
Richard Creek, Wolf Creek, Spring and 
Willow Creeks, as tributaries, aggregate 
200 miles of clear, running streams, taking 
their rise in the timbers on the Black Hills, 
and have wide, rich, and fertile bottoms. 
The next stream north is Sabeille Creek, 40 
miles long. Big Laramie, east of Black 
Hills, comes next, with several tributaries. 
The bottoms here are five miles wide, cov¬ 
ered with tall grass and soft timber. This 
is pronounced by those best acquainted a 
sheep paradise. This country which 1 have 
described contains 6,400,000 acres, with rich, 
fertile bottom lands, plenty of timber and 
clear crystal w ater, and just that kind and 
variety of herbage wdiicli sheep love, and 
which gives the meat that high flavored, 
gamey taste so much desired in mutton, ami 
which, with the equable, non-liumid charac¬ 
ter of the climate, is conducive to the growth 
of the choicest fibers of wool. 
* * * * * 
Colorado has had much experience in 
wool growing, and that experience has been 
followed by the most successful results. 
During the recent Territorial Fair, 1 con¬ 
versed with more than a hundred wool 
growers, from all parts of that, territory, and 
they all testified that the sheep were healthy, 
that they increased in the quality as well as 
in the quantity of the wool. The wool 
growers are also unanimous in their praise 
of the evenness of the fiber. In Wyoming 
there have been large flocks for some years, 
Creighton & Hutton have about 6,000 
head; Creighton & Alsop have about the 
same number. Carter & Co. were wool 
growers for several years on the plains. 
Moore Bros., at Cheyenne and Sidney, on 
the U. P. R. R., ami Mr. ,T. W Illff, Cheyenne, 
have owned and grazed large flocks of sheep. 
Mr. J. A. Mooric tells me that he 1ms 1,100 
head, including lambs—that they are the or¬ 
dinary mixed breed sheep of Missouri—that 
they have improved in their wool materially 
since being taken to the table lands and 
mountains—that he has received one or two 
diplomas from wool - growing associations 
for the “ quality and large aggregate quan¬ 
tity ” of the clip. 
More or less disease prevails among the 
sheep in the Mississippi valley, and, when 
Hocks are brought from those States, they 
bring their diseases with them. As these 
diseases arc produced try an unfavorable and 
unhealthy climate, they are cured by a 
healthy and favorable one. Our dry, cool 
climate cures the scab, and our dry, porous 
soils cure the foot-rot. In all cases, one sea¬ 
son has been sufficient to eradicate every 
trace of disease. 
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FATTENING S HEEP FOR WINTER. 
As a general thing, the price of mutton 
does not reach the point at which it will pay 
to fatten sheep in winter, till the winter is 
nearly over. Sheep that have attained a 
high condition on the late fall pastures, will 
retain their condition far into winter, if they 
have enough of clover bay, or pea straw, and 
comfortable Shelter-, and so long as most of 
our butchers can buy animals, even in toler¬ 
able good condition, at a cheap .rate, they 
will not give anything like a fair price for 
those on which extra care and food have 
been lavished, in order to make t hem fat. 
We have had some experience in the mat¬ 
ter, and know sheep will fatten readily at 
moderate expense, if the right method is 
taken and proper animals selected for fatten¬ 
ing. In England, where manure is of high 
value, it pay9 to fatten sheep to a very high 
point, and over a long period of time, the ob¬ 
ject being not so much to make mutton, but 
rather to make use of the meat as a cheap 
vehicle for transforming turnips and straw 
into a valuable and concentrated manure, in 
order to raise wheat. 
Other things taken into consideration, 
large sheep fatten more easily and profitably 
than small sheep, and full grown animals 
than those that, have not reached maturity. 
Two-year-old wethers are the most profit¬ 
able to fatten, and it is a mailer of consider¬ 
able surprise to us that bo few of our fann¬ 
ers breed them. Sheep will fatten readily 
in winter on good clover hay alone ; we do 
not mean the dark looking, burnt up stuff’ 
commonly called by that name, luit, what an 
English farmer would call “ bay,” cut when 
iu full bloom, and cured in such a manner 
as to retain all its juices before they are 
turned into woody fiber, and of n good green 
color. A sheep of, say, 120 pounds live 
weight, will consume 21 pounds of clover 
hay per week, and increase in weight 2 
pounds. Allowing that it would ordinarily 
consume 14 pounds to keep it in good station¬ 
ary condition, an expenditure of 7 pounds 
of hay extra will produce 1 1 1 pounds mut¬ 
ton, worth in the spring ten” cents, so that, 
the extra feeding is literally realizing to the 
farmer at the rate of nearly $30 per ton for 
his hay. No other stock, wo think, will 
give such a return for the trouble of fatten¬ 
ing as this. 
If it is desired to fatten sheep rapidly, the 
addition of a small quantity of oats to their 
other food will be of great service ; a gallon 
of oats once a day, among twenty sheep, 
win be. a great help to fattening. Fattening 
sheep do not require very warm quarters, in 
fact they will not hear close confinement, but 
their quarters must bo dry, well ventilated, 
and abundantly littered with clean straw; 
they must he fed regularly, kept quiet, have 
access to water, and an occasional taste of 
salt. It will he found that when the weather 
is very cold they will require to consume 
somewhat more food than at other times, in 
order to counteract the waste of substance 
used in generating heat for their bodies, 
otherwise they will lose, instead of gaining 
on very cold, or stormy days. Very few 
American farmers have yet discovered how 
easy and profitable it is to fatten sheep for 
the spring and early summer market; first 
because they do not generally raise wethers, 
and secondly, they have not learned how to 
make clover hay properly. When we state 
the consumption at 21 pounds of liay per 
week, we suppose that none of it is allowed 
to he wasted or trampled under foot by the 
sheep.—/. M., in the Canada Farmer. 
RURAL LIFE IN CALIFORNIA. 
Editor’* Dinrv of n Week union? bis Sheep 
—Preparing for tlieir Winter Keep—With 
Gosttip about Uurnl Attain. 
[Concluded from Page 106, last No.] 
Arrival at Mount Glenwooil. 
A mile or so from the Putah, we reached 
Mount Glen wood, our Yolo ranch, (about 
three miles north of the Solano Ranch, 
found our baud of sheep, on the whole, in 
good condition, We had taken the precau¬ 
tion, early in the seuson, to provide some 
seven or eight hundred acres of additional 
range for our sheep, that had not been fed 
off for two years past; so that whether it 
rained or no, we should have feed enough for 
the winter. This was a fortunate precaution, 
for the rains being so late, the feed of old 
pastures had become so short and dried up, 
that sheep in other portions of the Slate have 
been dying off by thousands, while ours ore 
in thrifty condition, well prepared for the 
lambing season, which will not commence 
until the first of February. They have a 
range altogether of about 1,500 acres. 
At 4 p. m. the thermometer, on the shady 
side of an old oak tree, by our shepherd’s 
cabin, indicated 72° — pretty fair summer 
weather for January. At 11 f. M. it stood at 
02 °. 
Building our Slicop-nheds. 
Jan. 7—A delightful pleasant, day. Ther¬ 
mometer at 1) A. m., 58°; ill 12 m., 60°; 4 p. 
M., 64°. The lumber we ordered at Vaea 
having arrived last, evening, we commenced, 
with the aid of an Hibernian assistant, to 
build our sheep-sheds, or nurseries for the 
young lambs, to protect them from the rain 
storms that may come during February and 
March. We have known, in years past, our 
neighbors to lose lambs enough in a single 
night’s rain-storm to have paid the expenses 
of all the shelter that would have been needed 
for the whole band. We do not require tight 
stables for our sheep or lambs, as they do iu 
the Eastern Suites, hut simply a roof sufficient 
to keep off the rains while the lambs are first, 
yeaned, and also a shelter against, the cold 
winds. Our heaviest, coldest rain-storms 
come from the South, South-east., in this 
portion of California. By the time the 
lambs arc two or three weeks old, they are 
usually out of all danger—strong enough to 
need little or no shelter, But the critical 
time is during the when too much 
care cannot bo exercised. A good shepherd 
will be on his watch all night, especially 
during the storms, and take the little ones 
under shelter as soon as they are dropped ; 
and, if chilled, bring them before a glowiug 
fire, and they will soon be strong enough to 
shirk for themselves. 
Dimensions of Slieep-slieil, dfcc. 
We put down our posts, inclosing three 
sides with tight hoards, leaving the shed 
open on.the east side, and protected even on 
that, side partially by the shepherd’s cabin— 
the inclosurc being twenty-four by thirty-two 
feet, the roof covering an area of sixteen by 
thirty-two feet, having a gentle slope, and 
Description.—A, Sheep Corral, 100x125; B , 
Lamb Corral, 32x25; C, Sheds, 32x2); D, Shep¬ 
herd’s Cabin. 
covered with shakes, taking just 1,000 for 
that purpose. The roof is about five and a 
half by seven and a half or eight feet high. 
The shakes are put on in double layers, 
lapping, also, some six inches at the ends. 
Symptom* of Sr si Ij Early Vrgetnlile Lftiul 
anil it* Vulue—Poultry Destroy the Grass¬ 
hoppers*. 
Jan. 8—Another clear, lovely summer day. 
At 9 a. m. thermometer 50° ; at 13 M., 70’. 
It being Sunday we, of course, suspended 
our building operations, and there being no 
“stated preaching” in the neighborhood on 
this day, (they have it at the school-house, 
once a month, usually,) we took occasion to 
look more carefully over our band of sheep, 
as they passed through the gateway out of 
the corral, and discovered three or four cases 
that looked very like symptoms of the scab — 
one or two late lambs and two or three 
sheep, one black one, among the re9t. 
Called the attention of Jesus, (pronounced 
Hams, in Spanish,) our New Mexican shep¬ 
herd, to these cases, and directed him to 
apply the remedies we would send up to 
him on our return to Sun Francisco. 
Called at a neighbor’s iu ‘‘Hypocrite 
Canon;” the housewife has two bands of 
hens—nearly one hundred iu each ; one lias 
the range of the stable yard, the other about 
the house. Says those about the stables lay 
the best, and are in best condition; the 
dung-hill seeming most natural to them. 
Mr. R. has some two hundred feet of hot¬ 
house beds—tomatoes, cabbages, etc.,—now 
up several iuches, ami requiring no heat but 
that of the sun. Last year he rented twenty 
acres of our Yolo Ranch for $1()0, raised 
$1,000 worth of garden vegetables; while 
some of his neighbors, cultivating ns much 
or more ground, did not get over $300, owing 
to the destructiveness of the grasshoppers, 
R. saved most of his by turning in all his 
chickens, and borrowing a large number of 
turkeys from a neighbor. This year he has 
rented thirty acres at the same rate—five 
dollars per acre. This is for new land, un- 
fenced. Last year lie had on this ground 
the first, tomatoes, green com, etc., I hut came 
into San Francisco market, and consequently 
obtained the best, prices for every thing. 
Jan. 9.—At 9 a. m. thermometer 54°. 
Morning clomly, boding rain. Went on 
with our shed-building. Wind South. At 
2 f. m. it began to rain—to the joy of every 
one; although it made wet work for t.hc 
shed-builders; the first rain for about three 
weeks. 
Jan. 10.—7 a. m., thermometer 60°; 9, 50°; 
12, 48°; 8 p. m., 50°; wind South, Showers 
at intervals all day. These will aid the 
growth of grass and grain, which are already 
looking fresh and green but need rain to 
push forward their growth. Continued our 
building operations—rather wet. Work. [ We 
are up each morning before sunrise, or “ sun¬ 
up,” as they say hereabouts, and have glori¬ 
ous views of the sun as it comes tip over the 
Sierra Nevada Mountains, which are only 
one hundred miles distant, but in plain view, 
with their serrated outlines, as though they 
wore blit ten miles distant.] 
Jan. 11.—7 24, (sunrise,) thermometer 46°; 
9, 48°; 12 M., 50°; 6 p. M„ 48°. Put 700 
shakes on roof, without other assistance. 
Sent off one Irishman. Every .shake has 
four nails through it, (six-pennies,) yet, 1,000 
nails only are used for 1,000 shakes—a sort 
of Chinese puzzle, that. 
Jan. 13.—Ai sunrise thermometer 38°; 9, 
40°; 4, 50°. Finished shaking our roof. 
Jan. 13—8 a. m., thermometer 86°; 12 m., 
50°. Finished shed, and also inclosed 
another plot, or a sort, ol “ parade ground ” 
for the lambs, with close boards, five nr six 
feet high, around three sides, adjoining the 
shed, having a apace of thirty-two by twen¬ 
ty-four feel, for tho lambs to sun themselves 
in, without, any roof to interfere. Having 
made In one corner of the shed a bin, or 
bay-rack, to afford feed to the sheep while 
confined to their lying-in hospital, and giving 
particular instruction to our shepherd about 
the earn of his Hook, (or band, as they are 
universally called in this country,) and es¬ 
pecially the invalids, and made everything 
in readiness for the advent of the new¬ 
comers, expected next month and onwards, 
Wfe could do no morn; and, therefore, 
“folded our tom” equipage again, hut left 
it in our pigeon-hole ot a room in the cabin, 
this time, to be ready for our next and more 
interesting visit in February—of the results 
of which we may, perhaps, speak on another 
occasion. We expect, from our eight to 
nine hundred ewes, a handsome addition to 
our band, if no disaster shall occur, nous 
verrons. 
Pluti of our Corral* and Shccp-slieds—Fruit 
Sint lilies, Ac. 
.Tan. 14.—As we had let the gentleman 
who came up with us have our " old colt” 
to go back to Vacaville with, the day after 
our arrival at Mt. Glcnwood, we now pro¬ 
cured a passage to Vacaville, or near there, 
by a man across the river. * * * Our 
route lay through Pleasant Valley, passing 
the well-improved fruit ranches of the Plea¬ 
sant Valley—Thurber, Miller, Dolan, Robin¬ 
son, Decker, Cantelo and others. And here 
we will introduce some of the fruit statistics 
given us by Mr ill m.i.er, the veteran pioneer 
fruit grower of Pleasant Valley, a short, time 
since, with the dates that, the several vari¬ 
eties were ready for market, the prices, etc: 
Products of the Vineyards rtvil Fruit Orchards of M. It. 
Miller of Hleamnt Valley, iu 1870. 
June B— First apricot*. " Early Pvtndte,” sold at, 
ner iiki It.*.$2600 
Average fur the season, per 100 lbs..... . 6 00 
June W -Appier , hurve-t, per ICO lbs. 9 00 
Average fur ilia nenson. §00 
Madeline pears, per 100 lbs . .15 00 
July l Pmiolieh, per 100 lbs...... . 25 00 
A VOTtlffO of tL 0 sOttsOM. 6 00 
July 1 Pencil pi inns, liuxo blue, per 100 lbs. 15 01) 
” 10-FltfS. Ural.—...15 00 
Avernce fur the season. 6 00 
July 10 First erapes. Sweetwater, per 100 lbs.... 15 (X) 
Aveniprniiftrieseust.il. .. 6 00 
July 28 lir.ipcs, Black. Hamburgh,per 100Iba.... 15 00 
Averaee "X season.. 8 00 
Auk. 4 Grapes, Muscat of Alexandria. 16 00 
Average. .... 8 00 
Amt. 5 Grapes, Rose of Peru. 12 50 
A rerun e.... s 00 
Auk. 12-Grapes, Flame Col. Tokay. 25 00 
AveniRO . 10 00 
Aug. 25- Grapes. Black Montew.30 00 
Average. 15 00 
Dried tig*—. 13 00 
Aug. 1.5—Shipped 25 lbs. Muscat grape* to Nor¬ 
folk,Va., by express, packed Ln cork dual 
arrtvod In seven days, in arst-rate condi¬ 
tion. Express charges.. 10 00 
Mr. Miller line 70,000 vines, all choicest 
varieties—Muscats, 15.000; Black lhunburgs, 
15,000 ; Sweetwater, 15,000 ; Black Jin tile w 8, 
2,000; Tokays, 2,000, etc., etc. Apricots, 
3,000; Poaches, 300; Apples, 300; Plums, 
250; Pears, 50; Figs, 40; Almonds, SO— 
ripe August 10. lias 100 acres, altogether, 
in fruit and vines. The past year sold $10,- 
000 worth of fruit: the year before $14,000— 
the last year being very dry. Hottest day, 
July 2d, thermometer 118° in the shade, 
And this must end our details for this 
occasion, simply adding thal we returned to 
San Francisco by the evening train and 
boat, the same we left on, as described in the 
commencement of this diary, making our 
entire absence a day or two over a week. 
On reaching tiun Francisco, wc sought to 
obtain a quantity of the Extract of Tobacco, 
to send to onr shepherd; but not finding it, 
readily, wc procured another sheep wash, 
called 1 ‘ Glycerine Dip," an English prepara¬ 
tion, which is said to lie an excellent remedy 
for the scab, and all cutaneous diseases. 
We sent, it up, with printed directions for 
use, and shall note the results hereafter. 
lerbsman. 
LICE ON CATTLE. 
In Rural New-Yorker, Jan. 21, is pub¬ 
lished an inquiry for the means of destroying 
lice on cattle. Every grazier is aware of tho 
fact that, a good and growing condition of 
the stock is the best preventive agninsl ills 
and insects of all kinds, but fat and thriving 
animals will sometimes get, lousy from being 
in contact with others, iu that deplorable 
condition in which loo many of the younger 
animals of the farm-yard can always bo 
found. After trying many methods of de¬ 
stroying these insects, so detrimental to the 
growth of live stock, l have settled down to 
the use of an instrument, described and illus¬ 
trated as follows;—Of a tin or shret-inm 
smith, procure his time and materials, to ho 
used or shaped into a cylinder (a) of shoot 
iron, eight inches in length by two and one- 
half in diameter. Cover or cap one end, and 
in the cap Insert a tapering tube, two and 
one-hall or three inches in length—tho in¬ 
serted end should be an inch, and the other 
end one-eighth of au inch in diameter. For 
the other end of the cylinder, a cap (e) should 
be made, capable of being removed at pleas¬ 
ure, and in this should be fitted a tube, ta¬ 
ttering reversely from thal in the other end 
of the cylinder, and of such a size and length 
CATTLE, SHEEP, AND PLANT SMOKER. 
as will tightly fit the snout of a pair of hand 
bellows. Now perforate a short piece of sheet 
U'on,(d,) hut so ns to prevent the contents of 
the smoker from choking the mouth of tho 
tube first inserted, and the implement is 
completed, and is ready for business. 
First, ascertain whether the tube is clear 
and the. protector of the opening is properly 
adjusted. Then pulverize some second quali¬ 
ty tobacco, and fill the smoker half full; ou 
this put some fine, dry Virginia weed, and 
last of all, put in a burning coal made from 
hard wood; quickly put, on the cap, with 
the snout of the bellows already inserted, and 
making sure, that the coal is alive, repair to 
the stable, where the lousy recipient of the 
smoke-bath should he covered with a sub¬ 
stance through which smoke cannot easily 
pass. Hold the lube close t,o the animal’s 
hair, and work the handles, and the smoko 
will he thrust into the retreats of the lice. 
Occasionally raise the blanket or covering, 
to allow the smoke to rise to the top of the 
creature’s back. After smoking one animal 
a few seconds, pass to a second, and then to 
a third, etc. 
If the animals are not “literally covered,” 
the amount mentioned above will he suffi¬ 
cient to kill all the lice on five creatures. In 
the course of ten days, the process should he 
repeated, to destroy the lice hatched since 
the last smoking. 
Care should be exercised in filling the 
smoker, not to pack the tobacco too closely, 
for the smoke will not pass through. Also, 
lot your inquirer guard against using damp 
tobacco. He can make the instrument larger 
if he wishes to use it extensively, hut the 
dimensions are sufficiently large for ordinary 
purposes in the majority of cases. 
This is a useful instrument In destroying 
the Insects found on house plants, and is ope¬ 
rated in the same way as described above, 
remembering to cover them with newspapers 
before the treatment. G. it. D. 
Pittsfield, N. H., Jan., 1871. 
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NOTES FOR HERDSMEN. 
Hollow llorns. 
In Rural New-Yorker of January 
14th, I notice a cure for the hollow horn. 
Having had several cows die from the effets 
thereof—or, having died, the horns were ex¬ 
amined and found hollow—I have tried al¬ 
most all the remedies I find proscribed ; hut 
they don't effect a cure. My usual remedy 
is strong camphor, the stronger the better, 
poured in the ears. I have lost three cows 
in the past twelve years from (commonly 
called) hollow horn. The cows were in 
good flesh, appearing well at night; next 
morning were down, unable to get up; never 
could stand afterwards, and died. I don’t 
know what will cure the hollow horn. 
To l*V€?vcnt Clown* Sucking Tliemuclvea* 
For cows that suck themselves, a ring in 
the nose, made of large annealed iron, rather 
larger than a bull riug, is about as good as 
anything I ever found. 
To Prevent a Bull Jumping. 
To prevent an unruly bull from jumping, 
attach (I generally use a well-chain) a light 
chain ten to twelve feet long. It has pvuvoU 
effectual with me.—P. Green. 
