f j r v on similar lands of medium price—and even the production of healthy, well developed when they are looked at; his grapes hang sheep on the island. But there are far 
%; USD it 1101*1)» on good farms devoted to mixed husbandry progeny. down in bigger bunches and are more hos- broad-shouldered, red-faced, fiill-beM. i 'I 
a am ' requiring manure, they would, taking Housing in summer is no small trouble, pitably inviting than most people’s; his beer-drinking, outre-looking Canadians \v'n ’ 
- ■ — - . — one year with another, probably render sbeep A barn must be in or contigous to the pas- wood house is cram full of fuel; his kitchen their wives and children here. Did of ' 
REVIVAL OF FINE WOOL SHEEP ^ profitable producers of that manure as lure, to he ready for sudden occasions. The is large, airy, and talks to you of a liberal come here to get warm ? [f not what f!I 
HUSBANDRY- other farm anunftls of like ordinary quality, weather must be keenly watched, or an un- table, and the long dining room indorses And if they did, what sort of a climate 
New Departure Proposed. Is it probable that the tariff or other causes expected shower may wash out the yolk the idea. the- to-be annexed Dominion be ? 
- wil permanently retain fine wool fully up to accumulation of months; and sometimes You have seen such men ; and you and I Really, and soberly (being sober) this l. 
We have just received reports of two Me- present prices? This cannot reasonably be “tall ” running, by the “ men-folks," or if know that such a man always wins a wife with its 3G5 islands (as I hear is the numb 
too shearings, and have others on hand for expected. This year, owing to the rapid de- they are absent, by the “ women-folks,” is who acts in accord with him—at least Hon- from everv Portland gentleman to whom? 
mblitcaion. It seems “like old times ” to run crease of sheep during the last two or three necessary to avert such a catastrophe. We comb did, and that is all I need to say, ex- am introduced), is a charmim- spot for „ti 
till* mrne nvAr f linur* fimiVAU u»irl in VARN 11 1 r-» i/» ciimJif nine imuilltf ctmrl onoo noLo.1 ~ ^ — — .» t _ _..a .i . i. •» r . 
tywp fjjusbanirrg* 
REVIVAL OF FINE WOOL SHEEP 
HUSBANDRY! 
New Depart lire Proponed. 
publitcaion. It seems “like old times ” to run 
our eyes over these figures—and to realize years, the domestic supply was greatly short once asked an excellent breeder and farmer cent, that her grand face is full of motherly beings who do not like to swelter— \\ hr f 
that they again convey facts ofiulorest to a of the demand. That supply, under the which he would first get under cover in case character, prudence and wifely wisdom, likegood sailing good fishing constant’ i 
class of agricultural readers! Instances have present stimulus to production, will rapidly of a coming storm, his sheep (thirty or forty) and shines with the contentment which a cool breezes prefer to wear woolen’ nil 
rarely occurred of so total and continued a increase. And the Buenos Ayres wools, kept or ten tons of mown grass in a condition to 
collapse in an industrial interest embracing out of market this season by the yellow fever be greatly damaged bv rain. “The sheep, 
collapse in an industrial iuLerest embracing out of market this season by the yellow fever 
the production of one of the prime necessa- at the city of Buenos Ayres, will again com- 
ries of life, us that tinder which line wool pete with ours; and—for we may as well 
growing has suffered for the last lew years look the facts straight, in the face—that com- 
in our country,—ami this, too, following im- petition undoubtedly will more or less affect 
mediately on the heels of a period of extra- our domestic prices. The wool tariff was 
ordinary inflation in that husbandry. Let never intended or expected by its flamers, or 
at Urn city of Buenos Ayres, will again com- of course.” he replied, looking surprised at 
pete with ours; and—for we may as well our simplicity. 
us take an example in Illinois. We find in 
the Western Rural, portions of a paper pre¬ 
pared by Mr. James T. Dwyer for the Re¬ 
ports of the Illinois Statu Agricultural So¬ 
ciety, which contains the following statistics, 
derived from the official returns of the Aud¬ 
itor, in regard to sheep in Sangamon county: 
Year. No. Sheep. Value. 
ISfiO. 26,9!3 *1 ft! 
18(51.43,194 1 21 
IS®.fil,375 1 95 
1383...78,.552 2 21 
1804.1.100,230 2 21 
jg'g.129,003 2 23 
18'Xi..117,735 1 82 
IB®. 109,223 1 50 ,, . , , , . , , “ , " . *'* umiwIBiv Wl UWl UVII IM 111,18 " ~ j»* win I m i y , UIC \^1UU IS mn rmvrn mn-n /m-t 1 -r -rm-rr nT! __ 
^eir high pno«d labor against tUelow priced nottlius treated, When they might actually called to order on the lawn. The minutes T0 JUDGE THE QUALITY OF HONEY, 
- . 25:060 “ lab ; >r f S , 0Utb America, relying on lMr skill be decidedly inferior in that respect. Few of the last meeting are read, and accepted This is an intend oucstion and one 
Mr. Dwyer says: and industry for victory m the struggle. That ownm of these “ brag fleeces "-heralded after correction; correspondence, if any, is we bcH^e“ ot vS gfnmabvi nderstood’ 
-SSSfSSftK Z t„ b0 oxer “"""f •* 111 «"">• •»' *«'« ™" <* ...«•«*.. Hooey, of cZl! 
vh>K-:i^ ciscHl? We answerby more^livelsified pro- SSST, fU “^committees, if needed, appointed, and color; but owing to the fact that there is 
Tals sudden ineroase was owlnjy to the arrival of , ' * , r 1 8 * “ 1 t-liom to the scouring tests ol our 1 be essayist leads a ten minutes paper which often a very great difference in the color of 
ron? (f *' 'T u * p , ,i .7 l ' iJ *•»«“»>• b f CUSBMi ' vil1 ' N* «“>y u.. L «»fact u, 
tin! inentiisf was ustomsiiniK until ii reached a y A molt l >UIOCl utilization ot au then val fall to those fleeces which were heaviest, in captious, criticism. The speeches are never often nut white bonev in dark- r„miw 
rhs■ s&wsa.”a«.5Kr ■“iiTY’Tr 0 ' u, . e 1 diru ti “ —»"»^ w» u» »&.«•« n,»„ ^ri.u 
S* J ' C ‘° S modes ol 6 l,o«|, will, “ Cornwall liilW." to get color, or wlio speak if they cl.oose Tim, the President „,ust be exercise,I in taking into UA 
m'lir.iffc value iicing aivon i'»r 18(15m. *8 si. The puts stones in his fleeces to get weight, com- announces- that the Club will resolve itself the comb and the lionoy. The proper way 
U;' 1 J **™ I|,K ', |C8 uiverolfled ,,0, " ,c,iou * . a fraud ; mill lie who obtains the same into a Committee of the Whole on the State , 0 ill( w hon , v is to slu fll . * 5 J 
was offered #!UJ0 tor M* flock, said hiudytimV ho principal portion of the Meifuo wools ends by sheltering, and makes no secret of of the Stomach, and nominates Mrs. Hon- y ou ( .'. u , then re-ulilv iinb-e of its color Hni 
t te F 0W ni“ O" country, during many years the process, does not commit a lVaud-but comb Chairman of tho Committee. Prompt- n wrn ^ 'n/J*" 
d in its sagacious advocates, to l»c a prohibitory 
pro- one, for they well knew such a tariff could 
Re- not stand and ought not to stand. All they 
So- asked Government to do was to impose 
lies, duties on the product of the foreign grower 
Utd- equal to the burthens sustained by the do- 
uty: mestic grower in the duties and taxes direct- 
uiue. ]y or indirectly paid by him on the things 
21 entering into wool production, so that each 
.] party might meet on an equal looting in our 
| 21 ports. Our growers asked for fair play, hut 
js 2 not for charity! They were willing Lo pit 
l 05 their high priced labor against the low priced 
— labor of South America, relying on their skill 
and industry for victory in the struggle. That 
rory struggle will now commence. 
t) ''® How is that skill and industry to be exer- 
Now what are the uses of of this extra 
accumulation of the yolk in the fleece that 
it should be preserved with so much solici¬ 
tude? It certainly is no advantage to the 
sheep or to its wool, it, is of no more value 
great, good, loving heart always inherits, than linen in August, and desire good appe- 
Well, it was at just, such a home as this that tites and wish to feel secure about good diu- 
Ibe members of the ners. And then one can see the White 
Fanners’ Club Mountains from here, and know that he can 
of this town met. last Saturday. It, would say, with plenty of testimony to back him, 
have done you good ; for it did all of us that he has seen tho finest harbor on the 
who were there, good to he there. Squire Continent. But if he wants to hunt bugs 
Holcomb is President. And once a year let him go somewhere else ! 
he insists upon being criticised by iliemem- 
to the manufacturer than so much mud. But. , bers. They come from far aud near. Tliev 
—1 have been trying, the last ten minutes, 
to think of what I have actually learned here 
it has served two important purposes to the i arrive about eleven o’clock — sometimes 'bat 1 have not told, and that can be of 
owner; by giving the exterior ofJiis unshorn dusty and always hungry. The teams are 
fleeces that extremely dark color which be- '"ken care of; the women folk shake the 
came so fashionable a few years since (per- folds out of their dresses, bathe their faces, 
haps first rendered so because betokening a brush out the wind-tangled locks, aud get to 
great amount of yolk); and by enabling him 
thus to add a number of pounds in the weight 
of eachot his unwashed fleeces, and convey 
the impression of an enormous superiority 
ol bis sheep in amount of wool over others 
not thus treated, when they might actually 
he decidedly inferior in that respect. Few 
owners of those “brag fleeces "—heralded 
through newspapers and at fairs, and tilling 
greenhorns with astonishment—saw fit to 
looking sweet and fresll; the men go to the 
bench by I lie well on which is a row of tin 
basins, and after drinking from the old oaken 
bucket, take a “good wash” and feel better. 
At twelve o’clock, promptly, the Club is 
called to order on the lawn. The minutes 
o( the last meeting are read, and accepted 
tieal value to anybody. Also, I believe I’ve 
*• written out!” 
I’m going to the White Mountains. 
Ik 
^vpumttit. 
turning point in l»0j, when it numbered 128,(XK) 
by tho census returns, but tlw actual number 
by count of liook maulers, was 800,000. Tliu price 
also eulinimiU"! about tins time, the assessed 
avoniffu vnlin- being it'lvob lor IH«5nt $8 £t. Tim 
real price offered and re fused for whole (looks 
was from 87 to $10, and mm flock master who 
was offered £9.(50 for hi* flock, said lniely that In; 
refused I Ids offer, bin tbal he would have been 
an immense gainer if they had alJ died at Unit 
lime, us lie held on to them; was out of debt, 
and iu<mot hein^ wanted, he Blurtnaired his cause heavier fleeces cun be obtained with 
place, and has sme- Inst Matlock by dopmlulkm, „ , ,. . . . , ,, , , 
and will probably lose Ids bind.” Iliese than with the finer kinds, and the latter 
What occurred in this single Illinois have aot fetched enough more per pound io 
uable products, aud by more systematic, the dirt. The man who paints bis sheep 
economical and judicious modes of sheep with “ Cornwall finish” to get color, or who 
husbandry. puls stones in his fleeces to get weight, com- 
Diversified l' r #<lHciloii, mils a fraud ; and lie who obtains the same 
The principal portion ot Ihc Merino wools ends by sheltering, and makes no secret of 
grown in our country, during many years the process, does not commit a fraud—hut 
has been of medium or coarser grade, he- he seeks to obi ala enhanced prices for ap- 
eause heavier fleeces can be obtained with pearances, supposed improvements, or indi- 
county is more or less a picture of what oc¬ 
curred, during the same period, in most of 
the line wool growing centers of the North¬ 
ern Slates. And there is a phase in this 
rise and decline ol the business, not, specially 
market to make up the difference. But this 
state of tilings is undergoing a change. The 
liner dam slic wools are very scarce; they 
are as well protected in proportion as the 
coarser grades; the consumption of them is 
alluded toby Mr. D., which vastly enhanced toereasing and would increase much more spect. to feed aud shelter. The effects of is no flimsy attempt at show, but a success- 
1 he profits of a comparatively few “breed- i‘ a l’idly wiUi a sufficient domestic supply; continuous shcl tejulS^ r i. v iont | ;, are not so ini- fill attempt to fill up the inner man and \vo- 
<ts” and vastly increased the ultimate Josses and no good reason is apparent why they mediate or serioiis^mit no reasonable douiil mail. 
of I be many growers. This was the pro- should not maintain the same relative supe* can exist that, like careful protection from After dinner a siesta of smoking, and 
duclidn by one and the purchase by the Horityof prices over the lower grades they any other ordinary aud harmless exposures, speech making of the jolly, impromptu sort, 
other at excessively high prices of rams and no ' v '' 0 ’ ^ heir production, sufficient to it tends to beget effeminacy among brutes or full of pompous burlesque and unrestrained 
cations of value, which are equally unreal. 
Nor are the artificial modes employed in 
fitting up sheep harmless to themselves. Pam¬ 
pering has a direct and decided effect in de¬ 
stroying the constitution, as multitudes of 
purchasers can testify who have,after buying, 
subjected them to ordinary treatment in re¬ 
spect. to feed aud shelter. The effects of 
continuous 8helten^Lpi. l iom | :, are not so im¬ 
mediate or serionT^mit no reasonable doubt 
announces that, the Club will resolve itself 
into a Committee of the Whole on the Slate 
of the Stomach, and nominates Mrs. Hol¬ 
comb Chairman of the Committee. Prompt¬ 
ly at two o’clock the Committee is called to 
order and discuss, on improvised tables un¬ 
der the trees, an unostentatious hut substan¬ 
tial and satisfying dinner. The meats may 
he cold or may he hot; the vegetables are 
fresh and prime; the chickens are tender 
aud sweet; the fruits are wholesome and 
abundant; the melons are large and luscious; 
the coflee w coffee and the tea is tea; there 
is no flimsy- attempt at show, but a success¬ 
ful attempt to fill up the inner man aud \vo- 
mun. 
ewes of superior blood and quality to im* llie ct the home demand, opens a large mar- 
prove the ordinary stock of the country, gin for our wool growers ycl to fill, without 
gin for our wool growers yet to fill, without exposures without harm—and that Lhc non- 
Wo know of $5,000 in casli having been rc- overstocking lhc market with tlie kimlsuow exposure, continued from generation to gen- 
fiisvd lor a half interest in a single ram; of Principally grown. Should the growers of era lion, will render such incapacity heredi- 
$5,000 in cash having been paid for another; Meiiuo wool, and all who under the stimulus tary with gradually increasing effect, 
ol $3,000 and upwards apiece having becu °f'be present, prices embark oi rc-emb:uk in There ore various little fancy poilits which 
paid for many; and a ram which could be £ rowi "g it, confine themselves as generally have been recently introduced into the breed- 
bought for $500 was hardly thought worth n® heretofore to the production of the lower mg of Merino sheep, which do not call for 
the notice of an “ enterprising ” improver 1 over production in those grades must description here. Most of them are useless 
One ewe sold lor $3,000; many sold from ultimately ensue and a fiat maikct result or trivial, and some (like excessive wrinkles) 
$1,000 to $2,000 apiece; a flock of upwards ft 'om domestic amt not from foreign compel- arc injurious. To most of them the only ob- 
ol twenty sold for $600 a bead; and the tition. Diversified production— the growth jection is that they divert attention and effort 
owner of these last was offered a heavy ad- o{ s,:l P les adapted to all branches of woolen from cardinal points; and the weaker breth- 
Y.-mee on this price lor them. The leading manufacturers now or hereafter in ourcoun- ren sometimes cultivate them at the direct 
“ breeders” of course made money rapidly toy—is necessary for the largest, and most expense of the latter. In the present revival 
during thlscOudilion of things, and even the permanent expansion of this important in- of our prostrated husbandry, it seems to us 
men—agreater incapacity to encounter those fun is had. Then follow the explorations, 
exposures without harm—and that the non- The women look through the house, visiting 
pantry, kilchen, dairy and cellar. 
There is a lively discussion among them 
of modes of doing this aud that and an ex¬ 
change of recipes. 
The men visit the barns, stables, tool- 
house, garden, orchard, fields ami herds. 
vux versa, it is manifest that very great care 
niust be exercised in taking into account belli 
the comb aud the honey. The proper wav 
to judge honey is to strain it into glass jars. 
You can then readily judge of its color. But 
then there are at least two other qualities to 
be considered — thickness and flavor. In 
judging of its thickness, it is necessary for 
the judge to know whether that quality was 
impacted in the first instance, or whether it 
is due to the action of light; for light (Hie 
chemical ray's) acts upon honey very much 
as it. does upon the iodide of silver, on the 
photographer’s excited collod.on plate. 
Take two bottles of lioney from the same 
comb, seal them up perfectly tight, and keep 
them both at the same temperature—only 
one in Die sunlight and the other in a dark 
room, and the former will gradually grow 
thick and finally assume a semi cryslaline 
shape, while the other will retain its original 
fluidity. This is one reason why bees always 
work in the dark, and why honey should 
always be kept in the dark or in opaque 
vessels. 
It, would be very improper to award a 
first prize to ajar of honey that had become 
thickened by the action of light, because it 
thereby becomes deteriorated. Still, honey, 
to be superior, should not be very thin. 
Flavor is aloa very important consideration, 
“breeders” of course made money rapidly 
during this condition of things, and even the 
prudent minor breeders and improvers who dustry, and consequently to the best interests 
commenced sufficiently early more than got of individuals and the public. 
their money back; but the mass who rushed 
into this speculation at its bight, hoping 
they could sell the produce of their thousand 
dollar rams and ewes for equal prices, or by 
means of them effect improvements on their 
Tbe Improvement ol our Sheep. 
Good constitution and form being assumed 
lo exist, wool is what we chiefly want from 
the Merino sheep — the greatest value of 
wool at the least cost of production. Weight 
have been recently introduced into the breed- The men visit: the barns, stables, tool- thickened by the action of light, because it 
ing of Merino sheep, which do not call for house, garden, orchard, fields ami herds, thereby becomes deterioratedT Still, honey, 
description here. Most of them are useless And there is the graver talk of processes, to be superior, should not he very thin! 
or trivial, and some (like excessive wrinkles) successes aud failures, with good-natured Flavor is aloa very important consideration, 
arc injurious. To most of them Hie only oh- criticisms of the condition of things as they and must always be required. A good 
jection is that they divert attention and effort are found. On the lawn is croquet for the flavored dark honey may sometimes besu- 
from cardinal points; and the weaker broth- girls and boys, or base ball, or any other peri or to a white article which looks much 
ren sometimes cultivate them at the direct amusement the romping and happy witches better. The thickness and thinness of 
expense of the hitter. In the present revival and Witchers can devise. At five o’clock lioney depends upon the source from which 
ol out pi ostialcd husbandry, ii seems to us ad arc en route home. So ctideth one of the it is gathered, rather than upon the secretive 
an opportune occasion to make “ a new de- most enjoyable days the vacation has given action of the bee, whether we admit that 
pattuie tioni the errors of the past, to ah- me. the insect makes or siinnlv gathers it. — Sci- 
common flocks which would greatly increase of fleece “ in the dirt” — the thing most 
jure all its shams, and base all our attempts 
at improvement, oil the solid foundation of 
practical utility. 
We named other circumstances necessary 
to the permanent success of fine wool hus¬ 
bandry in the United Slates, but we have 
Ottawa House, Cushing’s Inland,) 
Casco Bay, Sluinc, Aug. 29,1871. i 
I give you my local habitation to-day, be¬ 
cause L shall not be here to-morrow. I don’t 
want any one writing me here to send their 
botanical, coiichological aud entomological 
the insect makes or simply' gathers it. — Sci¬ 
entific Press. 
-- 
BEE NOTES, 
Tlmt Early Hwarin of Bees. 
I should like to hear more from that mini 
their actual and market value, failed general- scrambled for aud boasted of by Hie fancy already consumed loo much space to admit specimens. This island, he it understood, is who hud a swarm of bees come out Apri 
ly in both objects. They found that it re- breeders of tho fast few years —is not any of their discussion here. We will revert to a watering place. Why should not an editor No one here believes it to be a natural swa: 
quired a breeder’s reputation to obtain test whatever of the quantity or value of the them hereafter. who is willing to work in a harvest, field un- as the term is generally understood. Islio 
" breeders’pricesand their improvements wool. The process Of manufacturing " brag —- . n t,il tbe harvest is ended, visit Maine? Maine like to know if he examined the old sto 
were of little avail when they became insuf- sheep" aud “ brag fleeces” is pretty well 0 needs several watering places. Her hills are if he found any signs of an old qa 
ficient, under the reverses which followed, known. The lamb is dropped in warm dry enough aud the dust is deep enough ! having just left the hive. And 1ms lie, 
to make the sheep pay for the cost of their 
keeping. 
It is not necessary here to enter upon the 
often repeated causes of the extraordinary 
stables in mid winter, aud is frequently 
blanketed until spring. It is forced to un¬ 
natural precocity in size and fleece by as 
high keep as it Avill safely bear, until two 
ftoptes. 
a watering place. Why should not an editor 
who is willing to work in a harvest field un¬ 
til the harvest is ended, visit Maine? Maine 
needs several watering places. Her hills are 
No one here believes it to be a natural swarm, 
as tbe term is generally understood. 1 should 
like to know if be examined the old stock, 
and if he found any signs of an old queen 
dry enough aud the dust is deep enough ! having just left the hive. And has ho, or 
rise and decline ol our line wool husbandry years old. Willi rams, this pampering con¬ 
doling the last decade—growing chiefly out timies through life. When ewes are in- 
of circumstances attendant on or ultimately lambed (at two years old past), their feed is 
VACATION LETTERS. 
a wora:::g editor out of harness. 
I wish you could have : ‘.tended it! It 
This island, washed by tbe Atlantic and this 
beautiful bay, is barren of green spots except 
in tbe few low places to be found on it and 
just where the black spruce give it emerald 
hue. 
One of the last requests my friend Daily 
Rural Life made of me was “Bring me a 
resulting from the war. These are sufficient- sometimes reduced, hut they are kept in far was down at’Squire IIoi.comb’s. He has a few Maine bugs.” ami he thrust into mv 
has he had a fertile queen in either the old 
or new hive? My solution is that the old 
queen died of Old age, or was lost by some 
means, and tbe consequence was the bees 
raised a lot of new queens, and the hive, be¬ 
ing a full stock for that season, tl.e first queen 
that batched came out with a swarm. 
For one, I doubt if it were possible, at that 
ly understood by the mass of intelligent higher condition than good farmers usually broad, velvety lawn between his house and pocket a bottle of alcohol. For two days date, to get a fertile queen. I hope to hear 
growers. Those causes ol decline are now consider safe for raising lambs. And now the street, shaded by wide spreading elms three men and as many ladies, have been further from that early swarm. — S. C. 
m a great, measure spent; the woolen trade comes a splendid feature of improvement! aufl Black Locusts, Hejsoucof your broad- 
lias revived; the demand for the raw ma¬ 
terial exceeds the domestic supply; and the 
tariff of 1867, now first producing its full 
normal i fleets, shuts mu destructive foreign 
competition. New York, Michigan and 
Wisconsin Merino and h^f i,) 0 od Merino 
wools of ordinary quality w,.,. e quoted in 
the New York city wool circnl;i N .,f . 
The yolk (or “grease”) in the wool is so shouldered, big-hearted men, who do what 
soluble in water that it is rapidly washed 
away by rain, aud, being necessary to lubri¬ 
cate the staple, promote growth, <&e., nature, 
to meet tbe waste, is constantly providing a 
they do with liberal bund, but always sys¬ 
tematically ilud thoroughly. He could not 
work in a small field it lie tried. Ilis gar¬ 
den must be in the center of a field, and 
hunting these islands over for bugs, stimu¬ 
lated by a liberal cash premium offered for 
the first one caught! But only two have 
been taken. And it is no wonder, for there 
Thomas. _ 
mailing Bees. 
Honey bees were recently transmitted by 
mail from a distant point to Lancaster Co., 
is nothing here for bugs to live upon; and if p a iu an ing euiou 8 manner. Four boles, 
there were they could not live, for I am about au inch j u circumference each, were 
new supply. By carefully sheltering the there is no namby pamby puttering in its wearing two coats to-day aud one of them , , . vill . .... autrcr m u block of wood six 
Rhp.nn frmn rain nr unnw fln*.v.i.,iw k ,ii <iw> milium Wimi iu i .. i ___^ t . •.* t •. uuiuu >vn & _ _ 
1 as worth from 56c, to 60c ; 01)io;p enil ' g yj. 
vania and Virginia Saxony fleece frot* 
to 67c., and choice lots from 70c. to 7io . 
and there was more prospect of a furtbifr 
rise than of a decline. With good ordinary 
2 quoted in sheep from rain or snow throughout the 
N of August year, the whole annual supply is preserved 
in fleece. This sheltering does not occasion 
so much, extra trouble in winter, because 
sheep are then usually fed in the stable; bill 
culture. What is cultivated is done by 
wholesale, with home and horse hoe. lie 
raises more vegetables with less labor than 
is a heavy pea jacket, aud as I write 1 sit on 
the sunny side of the house in order to keep 
inches long, tour inches wide and one and a 
quarter thick. In each of these holes a queen 
raises more vegetables with less labor than warm. If only I had brought a bottle of peeapd, six males, the foundation of a colony 
half a dozen of his neighbors. His elms chloroform and a few pins aud cork I might ]jj ve were confined by a wire screen 
i nnlnli l»So L>i.Si>St ntt.l I.aI.Ii . 1*, i .. i . . .. *. i ..n* 
seem to catch his spirit nml habit; his pigs 
. ie was moie piospeu or a nirthe»j n, e more rigid confinement to which sheep grunt with more solid content; hisShorl- 
iise t mu ot a decline. With good ordinary VepL from all rain or falling snow are sub- Horns have broader hacks, his chickens 
management, and good ordinary Merino jeo^ deprives them of that, degree of exer- broader breasts, and his cocks crow more 
• . . i * . . . . . , . * - a — - — - vuwii.', oii’i mo v,v/v.o v* vrr 
s icep, sncli prices would be highly reiniuier- ciseY^icfr promotes t&e health of all sheep, sonorously; his hams burst with fatness; 
n urn an hmi c . .ur iM-i.m 1 __ .. .1 i i ^ 
have filled a case or two with butterflies; placed over the aperture. 
for flocks of them were seen gathering nutri- - 
lion from the fresh blossoms of Canada Bee stinu Poison, 
thistles—they do grow here in spots—and What is the best remedy for the stings of 
they are brilliant in color and great in bees; or, in other words, what will allay 
variety. But here I am with neither pins, the pain and kill the virus injected into the 
nor net. nor chloroform! There are a few flesh?—J ackson. 
alive on lands of low price and of good and wh^ in the case of high kept and the fruit on’ 
qu.t it} loi pastmage libeiallj remunerative . fleshy inl;*ubed ewes, is hiahlv essential to imr lamer ! 
, m the case of high kept and the fruit on Ifts trees bare a habit of grow- variety. But here I am with neither pins, 
flbed ewes, is highly essential to ing larger and blushing a deeper crimson nor net, nor chloroform! There are a few 
