V 
>i)ccp fjjuslmnirrg. 
H. 5. HAND ALL, LL. D., EDITOR, 
Op Cortland Village, Cortla>*d Coitntv, New "ionic. 
meeting of the n. y. state 
WOOL GROWERS’ ASSOCIATION. 
The Annual Meeting of tbo N. Y. State Sheep 
Breeders’ and Wool Growers’ Association will 
be held at Syracuse, on Wednesday, March 2d, 
one o’clock. P. M. Mat ters of unusual import¬ 
ance will come before the meeting for Its action, 
and a lull attendance is requested. 
HENRY S. RANDALL, President. 
II. D. L. Sweet, Secretary. 
-- 
AMENDMENT OF THE WOOL AND 
WOOLEN TARIFF. 
The Committee of Ways anti Means of 
the House of Representatives have reported 
“ A Bill to amend existing laws relating to 
the duty on imports, and for other pur¬ 
poses,” which was made a special order for 
February 15. We observe but one proposed 
amendment of the wool tariff, which is as 
follows:—“ On wools on the skin the same 
rates [of duty] as on other wools, the quan¬ 
tity and value to be ascertained under such 
rules as the Secretary of the Treasury may 
prescribe.” 
As wo pointed out in a letter published in 
these columns, January 29, this amendment 
proposes no change in the object or intent 
of the existing wool tariff—but simply to 
carry out, its original intent more effectually, 
by guarding it against an evasion which has 
been rendered practicable by reason of a 
new aud abnormal condition of the wool 
trade of the world—a condition which was 
not foreseen, and which could not have been 
foreseen, when the act of March 2,1867 was 
framed and enacted. 
By this evasion—by introducing first and 
second class wools on the skin at a duty of 
thirty per centum ad valorem —every thing 
like a protection of our domestic wools is, to 
the extent of that introduction, substantially 
wiped out. The importation of clothing wool 
on the skill, as we have shown by official 
figures (January 29,) began to assume impor¬ 
tant proportions in 1809, and our later infor¬ 
mation is that many additional manufactur¬ 
ing firms tiro preparing to embark in it the 
present year, or were so preparing until 
brought to a pause by the Committee of 
Ways' and Means ottering the amendment 
under consideration. 
We do not anticipate opposition to the 
amendment from manufacturers, except those 
engaged, or preparing to engage, in the skin 
clipping business; for to all others who work 
the same class of wool the evasion is a dam¬ 
age, because it supplies competitors with 
cheaper raw material. And we believe, too, 
that the great, body of those eminent manu¬ 
facturers who proclaimed a “mutuality of 
interests with the grower” at Syracuse in 
I 860 —and whose representatives united with 
the representatives of the growers in framing 
the tariff bill of 1867—will keep their faith 
with the latter to the letter and spirit. The 
distinguished President of the National As¬ 
sociation lias already done so by acquiescing 
in the amendment. It Is true that, many 
manufacturers desirous of obtaining some¬ 
thing like stability in tariff legislation, have 
felt opposed to re-opening I lie wool aud 
woolen tariff in Congress, tit present; and 
some, wo are aware, would therefore have 
preferred deferring the amendment. The 
growers, we doubt not, would have shared 
hi this feeling in respect to any amendments 
not of vital importance. But the Committee 
of Ways and Means have themselves most 
effectually settled the question of re-opening 
the wool and woolen tariff and relieved all 
other parties from any responsibility in that 
respect, not only by reporting the amend¬ 
ment under discussion, hut also a long string 
of amendments to the duties on woolens. 
The question thus raised must he met. The 
wool and woolen tariff is therefore again be¬ 
fore Congress and the country. 
Under these circumstances, the proper 
time for introducing the above or any other 
amendment desired by the growers or manu¬ 
facturers, has unquestionably arrived. To 
omit to offer them now would amount to 
waiving them for one and probably for sev¬ 
eral years. For the growers to do this in 
respect to an evasion of protective duties on 
wool, which is rapidly increasing — and 
rapidly embarking more personal influence 
anil moneyed capital in its defense—would 
indeed ho suicidal. 
For reasons heretofore stated, we have not 
yet been able, at the time of this writing, 
(Feb. 15) carefully to compare the reported 
amendments of the woolen tariff with the ex¬ 
isting law; hut so far as we can judge from 
a superficial inspection, the rates of duty 
have been but little, if at all, changed on im» 
j portaut fabrics. The amendments seem to 
fk be confined to phraseology, or specification; 
though the change in specification may in 
some instances include a change in the rale 
of duty. 
Ontario and Llvln««on (tf.Y.) Wool Growers' 
Association. —The annual meeting of the Ontario 
and Livingston Wool Growers’ Association was 
hold at Honeoyc, February 1st, at which the fol¬ 
lowing officers were elected for the ensuing 
year: — Pres. .Iohn P. Ray. Hemlock Luke. 
Src.—S. T. Short, Hemlock Lake. 1V«K.—Geo. 
N. Sxvnn, Houeoye. 'Iko Society will hold its 
next Exhibition at Honeoye on the 11th of May. 
Resolutions were unanimously adopted as fol¬ 
lows : 
Resolved, That we have abiding faith and con¬ 
fidence in the existing tariff on wool and wool¬ 
ens, and call for aucli legislation as will enforce 
the objects of the Act. 
Resolved, That wo are in favor of the duty im¬ 
posed bv the Tariff Hilt reported by the Com¬ 
mittee of Ways and Means, on sheep-skins im¬ 
ported with the wool on. 
Resolved* That wo ondorso the policy of the 
Administration with reference to a Reciprocity 
Treaty with Canada. S. T. Short, bec’y. 
S. T. Short, 
REPLY OF NAT’L ASSOCIATION 
Of Wool Manufacturer* to Commissioner 
Wells’ lieport. 
[Concluded from Page 123, Inst No.] 
The experience in Great Britain and Franco 
is referred to by the Special Commissioner as es¬ 
tablishing the policy of having free wools hero. 
It is not observed, however. Unit there is no par¬ 
allel in the circumstances oi tliisand this foreign 
countries referred 1 . 0 . The chief production of 
England is combing wool, of which she lias the 
monopoly more truly than w< have of cotton. 
Of course free merino wool, which she does not 
produce, is a boon to her manufacturers mid no 
injury to her agriculture. France docs grow 
merino wool, and that of great excellence, anil 
rml withstanding tho quoted report, of M. Hud* 
rtllard, tbo testimony from other sources is con¬ 
clusive that the free admission of foreign wools 
Is extinguishing the merino-wool husbandry of 
France- The wool-growers of Cole d'Or, the 
finest merino-wool district of the empire, in a pe¬ 
tition addressed during the pveseut year to the 
Emperor, say “ In the presence of an invasion 
which tends to substitute foreign wools for the 
French, Urn sale of the latter has become impos¬ 
sible.’’ M. Moll, in his report Oil wools at the 
Paris Exposition, declares that the culture of 
the Rnmhoulllot merinos, the pride of France, 
must be abandoned tu all the northern half of 
the empire, and gives as a principal reason, that 
*'In uoiiscqueiioo of the ext reme facility with 
which wool I- transported, we And ourselves in 
Our own markets in competition with Lite most 
favored countries of the globe in the production 
of this article." 
A specious but most unfair method of argu¬ 
ment. not unusual with sophistical reasoimrs, is 
the presentation of facts which are un-roly co¬ 
incident in point of time, ns 11 they had the 
true relation of cause and effect. The fommitv- 
sioaer indulges largely in this com-:e of argu■ 
incur, and indeed of this uhaiwtev are tnoxr of 
the proofs produced to confirm Ids live proposi- 
1 ions condemnatory of tho existing tariff, An¬ 
other illii-strulion of this method Is tho state¬ 
ment that the prices of (.’ape wools Imvo been 
lowered from time to time ns duties were im¬ 
posed upon wools iti this country, without any 
notice of the constantly progressive Increase in 
tho amount of production which occurred dur¬ 
ing this porlod. Of tho same oliumctcr is the 
alleged fulfillment of the Commissioner's pre¬ 
diction, so triumphantly' referred to, viz.: that 
the exclusion of foreign wools from the United 
States through the hign tariff ol 1307, unused, as 
hail been tui'ctold, the reduction of prices 
throughout tiie world. Tho production of lino 
wools in Australia, Hueuos Ayres and tho Cape, 
In 1866, Is shown by official statements to huvo 
exceeded six tiUltdiod thousurui bales, to say 
nothing Of ihv production of Russia, Hungary, 
Jloruviu, Silesia and Austria. The Importation 
of those wools into the Untied Stales In tho 
same y ear was 87,012 bales. The fulling uff of 
the importation.- 111 180H wsis 111,322 bales. It is 
wholly Inconceivable that, the diversion of this 
quantity so inconsiderable omnwired with the 
total production, a quantity less Hum the in¬ 
crease of production in Bueuoa Ayres In 1S04 
should have reduced the fine wooes of tho world 
to their present low price. Yet this hypothesis 
Ugravely urged by tho Commissioner m face of 
tho obvious facts of excesstvo production 
through the stimulus of the eottiyn fauilue, the 
uosstMOU of the exceptional deni 111 id for wool 
through the restoration of our Southern cotton 
supply, and [he condition of a Languishing man¬ 
ufacture In all the confers of woolen produc¬ 
tion In Europe. While taking exception to such 
unqualified si.iienumts of cause aud effect, the 
undersigned admit that enhanced dalles 011 
merchandise am not without effect 011 prices 
abroad. Ii is tat protective argument that the 
foreign producer pays a part of the advanced 
duty on imports, and that the doty on imported 
wool and clota 1 . not all paid by the consumer 
here. 
In support of his allegation that the wool 
growers are not benefited by protective duties, 
the Commissioner refer- to the high price-for 
wool received from 1358 to I860, when wools cost¬ 
ing less than twenty cents per pound were ad¬ 
mitted free o I duty. The fact cited is fur from 
proving the position claimed, hut la cupublo of 
another and more id -omiblo explanation. The 
period of high prices ot wool referred lo, oc¬ 
curred after the operation of the tariff of 1877 
admitting certain cLasse- of wool free of duty. 
Under the preceding tariff of into, the tax on 
wool was peculiarly oppre-.sl v« to the manufac¬ 
turer because not counterbalanced by an eqmvn- 
I lent duty 011 goods. Under this system not only 
the .wool manufacture, but -hoop husbandry, 
declined. Tho tariff of IS’u, removing thu wool 
duty and rotainiujr that on goods, lb rough the 
I proHpe t which 1 topem. 1 i ot better times, gave 
nil Immediate siimiilus to the wool manufacture, 
aud created a demand for iloincsln: wool greal er 
than the supply, bunted by ttie previous decline 
in sheep liu.-iumilry. Foreign Imports could not 
conic in at onee to supply the dt maud, lienee 
the high prici-s until foreign commerce bccuinu 
| adapted to tlm new stale of things. With tho 
foreign imports which poured in when the sys¬ 
tem of free importation tamo into full opera¬ 
tion, viz., In the early pai t ol 1871, the prices of 
wool declined. In February, 1879, tleecc woo la 
ranged from forty-eight lo seventy-two mills, 
la February, 1H11, still under the system of free 
imports, tile price- ranged from thirty-live to 
iifty-two refits.” The free iioporhii ion us clear¬ 
ly diminished prices, ultimately, tu»itnt first, un¬ 
der the atmnrniul circumstance!-, stimulated 
them, and, if the free importation had not. been 
arrested by the tariff of 1601 , diminished prices 
would inevitably have been the permanent ef¬ 
fect. 
The Commissioner, In a tone of hostility to¬ 
wards our industry which is hardly disguised, 
calls upon “the great mass of the American 
people. V-pocially the working men min working 
women toiling to elevate themselves, with the 
nmltitudo ol clerks, accountants, professional 
men, pensioners, mi l others who deny them¬ 
selves, and economize their slender Incomes to 
make the year's receipts balance the year's ex¬ 
penditure.-.," “to so direct public opinion and 
suffrage us lo compel the abandonment of tbo 
existing policy," ♦.jui t they may be. enabl'd to 
purchase cheap clothing, it would not have 
suited the Commissioners purpose to notice that 
the Incomes or power < 11 pu reluming o f the labor¬ 
ing classes, and even of most professional or 
salaried men,are greatly enhanced by tho pro¬ 
tective system of which the wool tariff Is bin u 
part; Hint the benefits of this system luive upon 
tho whole been proportionally greater to the 
laborer than to the employer, and especially 
than to the manufacturing corporations, 
and that the accumulated Incomes of the 
laboring classes In tho savings banks furnish a 
very cnp-idcruble part, ol’ tho capital used by the 
manufacturer, aud directed to stilt further 
rewarding labor. If flic ratio of the increase of 
tho price of cloth under the wool tariff and the 
protective system generally is not in proportion 
to tho increase ot the ratio of the wages of labor, 
♦ Walter Brown’s statement “ Bulletin of Nation¬ 
al Association of Wool Manufacturer's," p, 85, vol, i, 
the laboring consumer cannot complain of tho 
existing policy. A Just comparison of tlio cost 
of most finished woolen fabrics cannot be made 
between those of different periods on account of 
the almost invariable differences of style, finish, 
and raw material. The only article forming a 
proper standard of comparison Is flannel, wluoh 
is the basis of all card-wool cloths. Reliable 
returns from tho two leading agencies of tlannel 
mills in the country representing more than 
twenty different establishments snow that tho 
selling prices in September. I860, were tu one 
house twenty-one per cent,, and In another six¬ 
teen per cent., less in gold than In I860*. Off tho 
other band, the hooks of » mill producing Cloths 
more extensively and of greater variety Hum 
any other establishment lu the country, and 
employing 2,500 operatives, show an advance in 
wages in gold, from i860 to September, 1869, of 
thirty-seven per cent, for female operatives, and 
fifty per oent. for male operatives. These facts 
show conclusively that rim protection to the 
woolen indust ry, if to no other, tuu been a boon 
to laborers and consumers. 
Tho Commissioner concludes by assorting, In 
substance, that the most experienced woolen 
manufacturers of tho country favor the removal 
of all duties oil foreign wools, and a general re¬ 
duction of duties on manufactured woolens of 
every description to twenty-five per cent., ml va¬ 
lorem. The undersigned do not doubt that many 
manufacturers, pulling out of view other con¬ 
siderations of public policy. Would lie willing to 
have their raw material free of duty, provided 
sufficient, protection wore continued on their 
manufactured products; and tlml a net protec¬ 
tion of twenty-live tier cent., which would be 
actually realized, as it cannot, he under a system 
of ad valorem duties, would be satisfactory for 
all well-establislmd branches of our Industry. 
Hut the undei'sigiied believe that it would be 
impossible to find ten manufacturers in tlie 
country, of fair judgment, who would advise 
their representatives In Congress to attempt to 
abolish all duties on wool mul couiinue tlm pro¬ 
tective duties on woolen Cabrios. 
No man of intelligence can fail to see that tho 
result of such a movement would .be, mil free 
woo! and protected goods, but a hori/onlul tariff 
directly reversing that position,— which would 
couUuuo the duly ou wools and paraly ze maim- 
t'aeturers, by cm ring off the neutralizing duties 
on goods, aud limy practically deprive them of 
all protection. Even If the theory of free wool 
were possibly correct, no praeiicid statesman¬ 
ship, uiily appreciating the Importation of sta¬ 
bility in legislation, can disregard tlm opinions 
of a constituency so vast ns that controlled by 
the Interests of agriculture. Hut the theory is 
not--correct, unless the protective system Inau¬ 
gurated by the I'm hers of the republic, and 
hitherto Incorporaie.d m all out - tariff legislation, 
be a delusion. This system demands that tho 
claims of tho wool grower and wool manufactu¬ 
rer be equally respected. Through the full re¬ 
cognition of this principle, applied with so much 
discrimination to the existing tariff', tho wool 
manufacturers bopod that wool growing and tho 
manufad urn of wool might, bolh keep their 
place* among the established and successful in- 
dustricenf tiie country. The undersigned, there¬ 
fore. pray that, the guardians, in Hm National 
Legislature, of the Industrial interests of the 
country will see to it tlint nolhiogshall be done 
to disturb tho integrity of a system believed to 
be as well adapted as any legislation which can 
now In- dcilsed tu promote tlwx development of 
wool growing and wool manufacturing, and the 
interests ot consumers aud of tho public rev¬ 
enue. 
Very respectfully, your obedient servants, 
E. H. HiriEi.ow, .1. Wiley Edmanos, 
Tiihohouk Pomeroy, N. Kingsbury, 
GtenuoE Roberts, e. r. muhok, 
.1. \V. Stitt, Jesse F.ppv, 
J. It. ntiRhEioH, Geoiuik 8. Bowen, 
George Bur, look, 
Executive Committee of the National Associa¬ 
tion of Wool Manufacturers. 
John L. Haves, Secretary. 
* like following statement of thfccorn un rati ve prices 
of standard flannels furnished tiv I pm. ding nuinufao* 
turers to Mr Greeley. and published in his “ Essays 
on Political Economy," is referred to as being un¬ 
questionably correct ; 
Price in Price la Curroucy 
Fabric. 1809. 1889+ Price iu 
j|ljc floultrii-^arit, 
EGGS FOR HATCHING. 
WHITE-FACED SPANISH FOWLS. 
Will you please request some of your 
Correspondents to furuisii, through the 
columns of the Rural, a description of pure 
While-faced Spanish chickens, with all dis¬ 
tinctive murks, so as to prevent imposition? 
1 have purchased a cock and three hens, 
which were represented as pure stock; but 
some of my friends think thftt I have been 
“sold," as Lwo of the hens have some white 
spots on their heads. Also, tell us how to 
treat chickens' combs which have been frost¬ 
bitten.— A Subscriber, Baltimore, Md., 1870. 
The following are the distinctive marks of 
the White-faced Spanish fowls: — The cock 
should carry himself very stately and up¬ 
right, tho breast well projecting, and the tail 
standing well up. TllC sickle-feathers should 
be perfect and fully developed, and the 
whole plumage a dense jet black, with 
glossy reflections iu the light. Tlio hen 
should be equally deuse in color, but is much 
less gloss}”. Any white or speckled leathers, 
which now and then occur, are fatal faults. 
The legs should be blue, or dark lead-color; 
any approach to white is decidedly bad. The 
legs of both sexes are long, hut the fowl 
should nevertheless be plump aud heavy. 
The comb must be large in both sexes, 
and of a bright vcrmillion color. That of 
the hen should fall completely over ou ouc 
side; but the cock’s comb must be perfectly 
upright. The indentations also must he 
regular and even, and the whole comb, 
though very large, quite free from any ap¬ 
pearance of coarseness. Any sign of a twist 
iu front is a great fault. The most, import¬ 
ant point, however, is the white face. This 
should extend as high as possible over the 
eye, aud be as wide aud deep as possible. At 
(he top it should be nearly arched in shape, 
approaching the bottom of the comb as near¬ 
ly Hi possible, aud reaching sideways to the 
ear-lobes and wat t les, meeting also under the 
throat. Iu texture the face ought, to bens 
fine and smooth as possible. The ears are 
large and pendulous, and should be as white 
as the face. Any fowls with red specks in 
tho face arc considered very faulty.—L. 
-♦♦♦-- 
CHICKEN PROFITS. 
I commenced the year ’09 with thirty-two 
I find the following in the Rural of Jan. 
22d:—“In sending eggs for hatching pur¬ 
poses, great care should be taken in pack¬ 
ing.” To the foregoing I give my most 
hearty approval. But, following the above 
is, “ Never use sawdust, especially pine, as 
the fumes from it, will surely spoil them.” 
Now I would ask, Does the writer know 
from experience that pine sawdust will spoil 
eggs for hutching? or is it. only theory? I 
have been told by some who have had ex¬ 
perience in shipping eggs lor hatching that 
pine sawdust would spoil eggs, and by oth¬ 
ers that it would not. But I find that every 
one who says “ never use sawdust" has never 
used it himself; and every one who has 
used it says he 1ms had ns good luck with 
that as bran, cut hay or anything else. Last 
season I shipped eggs to Florida, Georgia 
and other extreme Southern Stales, and to 
nearly every State in the Union, I packed 
some iu bran, some in cut hay, but most in 
line pine sawdust; and the reports from tho 
sawdust were quite as favorable us from 
either of the others, and llie percent, hatched 
Was beyond my nxpuctation. Having tried 
different modes of packing, I give this as my 
experience, and would like to hear from 
others who knots from experience .—J. Y. B., 
Westmoreland, N.‘ Y. 
Some years ago we had eggs sent us 
packed in pine sawdust, which did not hatch, 
and found, upon opening (he box, that the 
packing was damp, but the eggs looked 
fresh and good. Since that time we have 
found the use of sawdust disapproved by 
such eminent American breeders as Bement, 
Silver and others, unci by Mr. IIewitt of 
England, as well as by Messrs. Teuktmeiku, 
Wright and Beeton. Our mode of pack¬ 
ing eggs, for batching, has universally been 
with wheat bran or shorts, well dried. By 
its use no fears may bo apprehended from 
the deleterious effects of the fumes, us is the 
case with pine sawdust. Wc have no hesi¬ 
tancy in recommending bran, but have our 
doubts about the use of pine sawdust iu the 
face of tire authority arrayed against it. 
As we have said aforetime, too much care 
cannot be taken in this matter.— L. 
be *»luinc-i)frh. 
INTERESTING TO SWINEHERDS. 
Cheshire vs. Chester White .—A correspond¬ 
ent in Vermont asks which is the best. I 
(Gold.) 
Fla nnels, per yard: 
(Gold.) 
1869. 
1 A.uml T. wimp.. 
$0.18 
f0.16 
$0.21 
11. A. F. scarlet. 
.26 
.23 
.30 
.1 i* I ! .v 11 : i scarlet. 
.30 
.29 
.37 W 
n. (willed scarlet. 
•2t) 
.25 
•32K 
iKiuiffa a' t scarlet twilled.. 
.27 Vi 
.40 
K A ('.. ...... ... 
•US 
Talbot R. V plain scarlet.. 
.36 
.26 
•32* 
M.&C- 1 ., twillc 1 scarlet. 
733 
•20X 
.27 
K. B. 
.25 
.23 
.30 
N. A. M. 
.25 
.23 
.30 
Uiillardvalc IT white, No. 1 
.75 
.noli' 
.65 
No. 2 
.01) 
.53 H 
•10X 
.70 
“ “ ! * No. 3 
.15 
.52K 
** “ '• Xo, 4 
.40 
•34!,' 
.15 
'• •* " No. 5 
.35 
.83 X 
•42>, 
+ Equivalent in (gulff at 170) October average. 
|k |pi 
i man* 
BEES NORTH AND SOUTH. 
D. N. Coogstiall, in t he Rural of De¬ 
cember 18th, inquires, “ Which is the best 
section of country for bees? Will they do 
more south of 40 north latitude than they 
will north of the same?—that is, yield more 
honey in as good condition for market. * * * 
Is the Northern honey more valuable ? Do 
the flowers yield more honey in a shorter 
time ?” 
In partial answer at least, to these queries, 
I would say that we have good reason to 
conclude that honey deteriorates in quality 
ns one goes South. California, though so 
magnificent in fruit, must yield the palm on 
honey, as I am informed, and the well- 
known inferiority in flavor, if not in color, 
of West India honey, needs no more than 
an allusion here. 
As to the length of the honey season, two 
months of good weather and yield would 
suffice for the gathering of two hundred 
pounds a hive. Whether Southern bees are 
more indolent, sharing the enervation of 
man as seen in warm climates, and making 
the statement in some sense true that" South¬ 
ern bees lay up no stores after the first sea¬ 
son,” is a question to be answered by a more 
careful and extensive comparison of results 
in the two latitudes than I have yet seen. 
My opinion is that the /one embraced 
between 40' and 44 north latitude is better 
adapted to bee culture than localities further 
south — producing the greatest abundance 
and variety of honey-bearing plants, yield¬ 
ing the finest qualities of honey, and giving 
ample time for its collection. M. Quinbv. 
hens and two roosters; about two thirds of answer that I have tried both for three years 
them were chickens of May’ 68 . This num- and prefer the former for these reasons:— 
her was reduced during tho year to less than They are more docile, keep easier, grow 
twenty. Average for the year, about twenty- equally largo, require less feed, make finer 
six. 1 raised during the year 3,500, or 291% grained pork, (which brings a larger price 
dozen, eggs. where known,) and are handsomer on foot. 
Hipest number in a manth, 531, in April. This is my experience — Wm. W. Gibson, 
Three days in tlio year only, rroulvod bone. Medina , Orleans Co. , A. 1. 
VSSSt «**• roc ^ e " * r " n Muy.' A Good Pig. —Mr. 0 . Armstrong, York 
^rtUseSaBout 70 May oiu'okens! 6 <l ° z ' Co., Ill, in Massachusetts Ploughman reports 
The breed is a mixture of Dorking and killing in November last, a pig, five months 
Brahmas. I feed them on wheat screenings and twenty-five days old, which weighed 
and corn meal. About one day in the week when dressed three hundred and twenty-four 
corn meal pudding, the rest of the time pounds. The mode of fattening was, “a 
wheat. Have their food and water always dark pen, bread and milk, scalded meal and 
by them. They occupy a yard about one- mjlfc, given warm; regular hours to a minute, 
eighth of an acre, including a small barn, a box of corn kept by him, not a drop of 
The record stands as follows : water nor slops to be allowed near him, nor 
db. ■ rain; a bed of straw, all filth cleaned out 
January l, lSf®, t? featuring year. !io fi9 daily; rubbed down with a currycomb as 
" aurplus ... 97 often as possible, gave him a name and petted 
OR* 1J 5 I JV ’ * 
January 1,1870, value ot eggs (luring the year... .67 76 
u r. Wto Did the tow Die ?—■“ A Subscri¬ 
pt^ ber," Newton Center, N. Y., tells us of a 
Frcdonia, N. Y., Jan., 1870. d. b. sow eighteen months old, which bore a litter 
I send you a statement of what my fowls of seven pigs hist spring, was again with pig, 
have done the last year, from January 1st, and would weigh three hundred and fifty 
I860, to January 1st, 1870. They are a mix- pounds, which seemed unwell, and could not 
lure of Brahmas, Seahright, Hamburg and move her limits; was got into a warm, dry 
native—no full-blood fowls among them. I place, and bled freely; laid two weeks, cat - 
think a cross between fowls is better than ing and drinking lmt little, breathed easily, 
full-blooded ones for eggs. I feed oats, buck- but finally died February 6 . A post mortem 
wheat and screenings. I think good wheat examination discovered nothing wrong. She 
screenings is the best feed for fowls to make appeared very thirsty at times. She had lif- 
tliern lay. The following is a table of the teen pigs in her at. time of her death. Our 
number of hens, eggs,cost of feed, &e.: correspondent asks the cause of her death 
No. o/ No. of R«c'ii for c«sh prico Poultry Coitof an d remedy. We don’t know the cause; hut 
5 nt h :. M r E M 5 ,id ‘ E *S d ’ Tri 1, .!: ten 'K wc think she was too fat (at eighteen months) 
Mmiii'28 342 i'll ill "" 3 io '° cair 3' such i\ burthen of pigs, and that 
April..' 23 421 5 iff [38 .... 300 bleeding hastened her death. 
May... 22 380 4 49 1 78 16 10 2 87 ° 
Lux-' - 15 2 w |53 125 200 A Heavy Pennsylvania Pig .—The Gazette 
auk"! 13 liw 2 73 60 75 !d.‘ and Bulletin, Williamsport, Pa., reports the 
o«t.... 13 90 120 67 loo .... killing of a monster hog, raised au d fattened 
Doc.'.’.’.’ 23 124 2 83 48 1 70 3 00 011 the farm of Messrs. SllEFFl.Ell & ElHilN, 
av’ko. 18 2 jii 4 189 ie fuT&i $12 25 87 which, when dressed, weighed one thousand 
Total receipts.i«S? and P G Vounds. The butchers report a 
Total (ixpunscei. “t 87 shrinkage of only six pounds in the hun- 
Maklnff a profit of.$40 50 dred in dressing. Owing to his monstrous 
I sold my eggs for twenty-two and three- size and weight, tiie body had lo be scalded, 
quarter cents per dozen, on an average; but preparatory to dressing, by being rolled in 
eggs have sold here as low as fifteen cents blankets. It was afterward suspended by a 
audits high as forty cents per dozen. 1 do derrick in the market house, to afford the 
I not write this, thinking that my fowls have public an opportunity of properly viewing 
done the best, of any in the country; but the largest hog ever raised in Pennsylvania. 
simply to show that there in profit made on Only the week before the same butcher, Mr. 
keeping fowls. I consider that the foul seeds L. Sulchser, slaughtered an ox that weighed 
and stuff that fowls will eat in tiie course of dressed, between eighteen and nineteen hun- 
a year (with their manure.) will more than dred pounds. Verily, the Lycoming valley 
pay for their keeping. I have commenced j 8 nch in heavy animals and good farmers. 
No. of 
No. of 
R«cM for 
Cush prlco 
Poultry 
Cost nf 
Month. 
ileus. 
Egg* 1 iid. 
EglP sold. 
CKguuMd. 
Sold A oulen. Feed. 
Jan .. 
. 23 
145 
$3 21 
$ 27 
.... 
*3 10 
Feb... 
. 23 
362 
5 02 
l 28 
.... 
2 HO 
March 
. 23 
342 
5 Iff 
1 29 
.... 
3 10 
April. 
. 23 
421 
5 67 
1 38 
.... 
3 (X) 
Mil V. • 
o n 
380 
4 49 
1 78 
$6 10 
2 87 
Jane. 
. 15 
207 
2 53 
1 25 
.... 
2 00 
July.. 
. 14 
179 
2 56 
40 
1 20 
... 4 
AU|£.. 
. 13 
196 
2 73 
60 
75 
.... 
Sept.. 
. 13 
153 
2 00 
69 
1 50 
4 4 4 4 
Oct... 
. 13 
90 
1 20 
67 
1 00 
44.4 
Nov... 
.. 13 
45 
1 05 
20 
1 00 
2 no 
Doc... 
. 23 
124 
2 83 
43 
70 
3 00 
Av ' kC 
. 18 
2,014 
$39 92 
$10 20 
$12 25 
$21 87 
Total receipts. 
,.?«2 87 
Total expenses... 
.. :tl 87 
Malting a prollt of. 
•4 .. 
...$40 50 
Longfltroth’s Hive.—A Rcrau correspondent 
asks, “ What, does it cost annually to uso tho 
Lancstkotu patent for, say, twonty-livehives?” 
In territory yet unsold It will cost ten dollars 
for all time,—M. hjuiNUY. 
I sold my eggs for twenty-two and three- 
quarter cents per dozen, ou an average; but 
eggs have sold here as low as fifteen cents 
and as high as forty cents per dozen. I do 
not write this, thinking that my fowls have 
done the best, of any iu the country; lmt 
simply to show that there in profit made on 
keeping fowls. I consider that the foul seeds 
and stuff that fowls will eat in the course of 
a year (with their manure) will more than 
pay for their keeping. I have commenced 
again with twenty-three fowls.— Edwin 
Jones, Oswego Co., N. Y. 
-- 
Tlinnh- to tho friends of tho Poultry Depart¬ 
ment, we have lots of yood matter, Be patient, 
For Swineherd* 10 Answer.—What breed of 
hogs will make the most meat on tho least 
amount of food ? (I don’t mean bone and offul.) 
or what hog is the most profitable to keep, all 
things considered?— A. l, m, 
