nslnittbri). 
H. S. RANDALL, LL. D., EDITOR, 
Of Corti.an i* VtiXAOs, Corti. Axn County, New York. 
WASHING SHEEP BY SWIMMING. 
TnE sheep washing will he mostly over 
by the time this is published, but we will 
nevertheless answer the inquiries of “ Ver¬ 
monter," which he puts as follows“ Have 
although by using two only on each part. 
P, P, twelve will answer. Notches are cut 
In eflgo of sides, A, A, in which the clamps 
It, It, rest when the box is folded. Dotted 
lines Indicate position of strings which are 
placed in position previous to tying each 
fleece. Place the box upon a table or bench, 
on which place the shorh fleece inside, ends 
downward, the whole arranged and folded 
in as near a square form as practicable, rest¬ 
ing upon the part It. Sides A, A are then 
raised in position, and one of the ends, D, 
and clamp, R, placed to retain them; and 
ft 
1809. 
BOX FOR DOING DP WOOL. 
you tried the mode of washing sheep by 
swimming them three times across a stream, 
at intervals of half an hour, (sheep standing 
in the sun,) between each time, as recom¬ 
mended by Mr. Garland, in an article re¬ 
cently published by you? If so, did you 
flnd that it properly cleaned the wool? If 
you have not tried it, what is your opinion 
in the matter? Do you believe it would 
wash my kind of wool well ? I should like 
this mode mightily, if it will answer the 
purpose.” 
We never have tried the above mode of 
washing sheep, or seen it tried. It lias long 
been successfully employed, both in this 
Country and in Europe, in washing long, 
open wooled sheep, comparatively free from 
yolk. It was tried on Merino sheep, and 
strongly recommended by the late 8. P. 
Boardman of Illinois—one of the very best 
practical flock masters of the West. Mr. 
Garland is equally good authority. We 
are, therefore, bound to conclude that, with 
Illinois Merinos, and properly performed, it 
must “answer the purpose." But the com¬ 
mon run of Illinois grade Merinos are very 
different sheep from those of our Vermont 
correspondent; have much lighter and open¬ 
er fleeces, and their wool contains far less 
yolk, and particularly hardened yolk. Until 
experiment demonstrates the fact, we shall 
hardly he able to credit that the dark, waxy 
coat, sweat-hails, etc., of the “ fashionable" 
Eastern Merinos can be made to disappear by 
three, or even si x, sw immings across a stream 
of any ordinary breadth. 
the same with the remaining end, D. The 
fleece being tied, the clamps are removed, 
the whole again falling into position. The 
whole can bo done in far less time Mian it 
takes to describe it. Small spaces are sawed 
to retain in position the strings while the 
fleece is being arranged. Use four or six 
strings; if the wool is short, the latter is not 
too many. s 
Yates C'o., N. Y. 
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[T rom the Annual Report of the Commissioner of 
Agriculture.] 
TABLE 
Showing the Nu in her, Frire mill Value of 
Sheep in Hie United Slates in February, 
STATES. 
DEATH OF MR. MOSES. 
Many of our New York readers will re 
member Orbbter Moses of Murcellus, N 
Y.,—a wool manufacturer of many veal's 
standing, and also, formerly a breeder of fine 
wooled sheep. He died May 18th, aged 
sixty-nine years. He took a deep interest in 
the success of the wool growers as well as 
the manufacturers; and could see both sides 
°i 'he question between them ; mid was dis¬ 
posed to “live and let live." He generally 
attended the Fairs of the New York Wool 
Growers’ Association and was always in¬ 
vited to act as one of the judges. His cor¬ 
diality, outspokenness, and extensive infor¬ 
mation on the subjects discussed on such 
occasions, rendered him a favorite. He was 
an upright, intelligent and sensible man, and 
will be greatly missed in the community 
where he so long resided. 
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DOING UP WOOL. 
All persons who have grown wool for 
market are cognizant, of the fact that fleeces 
done up with the clean, White wool outward, 
and the whole in a square, compact form, is 
more saleable than the same improperly tied, 
although it muy be clipped from the same 
grade of sheep. But a small per cent, of 
wool growers can tie the fleeces in a square, 
uniform, presentable shape without the aid 
of a wool box. 
Maine. 
New (Inmpstitre .... 
Vermont. 
Massachusetts. 
Rhode Islam!. 
Connecticut. 
New York. 
New Jersey... 
Pennaylviuiltt,... 
Delaware... 
Maryland ...... 
Virginia. 
North Carolina. 
South Carolina. 
Georgia. 
Florida... 
Alahuma. 
Mississippi,,... 
Louisiana.. 
Texas.. 
Arkansas. 
Tennessee. 
Wont Virginia. 
Kentucky. . 
Missouri .. 
Illinois. 
Indiana... 
Ohio. 
Mleh i gun. 
Wisconsin.. 
Minnesota..... 
Iowa. 
Kansas. 
Nebraska. 
California. 
Total. 
Grand av'ge of prices 
Number. 
602,033 
439,7«7 
aa tin 
1112,888 
36.688 
1118,01a 
■l,»i ;\ ,atl 
168,133 
3,015,681 
1ft,HIM 
281,704 
622.761 
298,372 
101,877 
282.833 
4.764 
262,007 
173.1101 
57,130 
780,002 
111,851 
271,102 
802,400 
808,1)811 
1.584,1711 
2,380.091 
2,022,780 
lO.OOO 
3,553.371 
1,7-111,101 
131,170 
2,332,241 
107,811(1 
22,068 
2,200,400 
37,724.279 
Aver’go 
price". 
>3 07 
2 4ft 
2 117 
3 37 
3 03 
4 72 
a os 
4 01 
2 02 
3 50 
4 10 
2 40 
1 71 
1 77 
1 02 
2 81) 
1 37 
I 1X1 
1 54 
1 33 
2 71 
2 04 
1 07 
l 70 
1 .30 
i fii 
1 10 
1 87 
2 33 
2 82 
1 80 
2 03 
2 7t 
2 53 
*2 17 
Value. 
*1,848,241 
1,077,478 
2,225,848 
548,032 
143,790 
703,172 
12,054,444 
807,203 
7,079 42* 
163.771 
1,033,938 
1,422.020 
500,700 
280,522 
474,330 
13,311 
345,249 
3211,001 
88,888 
LCHl.li-CS 
311,240 
664,803 
1,1(0,208 
2,224.011 
2,835.680 
4,428,000 
4,275.131 
10 7ln (XHI 
0,014,803 
4,102,807 
311,271 
4,108,033 
282,687 
69.770 
5,507,012 
orsfimtn. 
*82,139,079 
WOOL TRADE OF CHICAGO. 
Fattening Sheep on Wild Grass. 
In Griffith’s Fifth Annual Review of 
the Live Stock Trade iu Chicago, 1870, we 
find the following statistics of the wool trade 
in Unit city: 
“The following are tho annual receipts anil 
shipments of wool in this market for tti'teeu 
years. The reported sdiiprnonta .luring some 
years are heavier than tho accredited receipts, 
arising, probably, that, no record Inis been kept 
of wool brought in by wool growers otherwise 
than by Western railroads and lake: 
1866 . 
1866.... 
1857 . 
1858 . 
1850 . 
1860. 
1861. 
18173 . 
1803. 
1801 . 
1805. 
1800... 
1807 . 
1808 . 
1817,1 . 
Receipts. 
Lbs. 
• ■•»«•*. 1,913,415 
. 1,863,9*0 
. 1,100,821 
. 1,05.1,020 
....... 918,319 
... ...• 859,248 
. 1,184.208 
. 1,623,671 
.2,831,191 
.4,301.388 
him... 7,639,140 
.12,200,0111 
.11,218,9.19 
.11,910,219 
.8,1)28,603 
Shipments. 
Lbs. 
2,158,402 
675,908 
1,062,881 
1,088,074 
984,595 
839,2011 
1,300,017 
2,101,614 
3,436,1X17 
4,654.379 
9,923,009 
12,301,933 
11,293,717 
10,900,39; 
8,273,921 
A 
Jl 
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u 
I i 
I Lave found a wool box, of the form 
shown in the figures, a decided lielpiu tying 
up wool, and those once using them invaria- 
b, y llorrow »t the next shearing, or construct 
one of their own. Its construction is so 
smqiie that a short description will render 
! p , to ul1 ' Thoroughly seasoned pine 
boards one inc h thick are used. A, A are 
eleven inches in width and six feet in 
length. Eleven inches square is large enough 
oj ie generality of fleeces, consequently B 
bhould be sawed of that dimension; D, D, 
same w,(lt h and twelve inches long ■ I* P of 
a sufficient length to make the whole six 
feet m length. Sixteen hinges arc used, 
“Thus in 1864, the year previous to that in 
which wc began to report this umrkot, tho total 
supply of wool in this city was only 4,:*>1,388 |l JS „ 
but In 1865 in had fnaroasoil to 7,0.'S9,749 lbs., being 
no less than au increase of seventy-seven per 
cent, in twelve months. The receipts or 1866 
showed a further improvement In the supply of 
the previous year, amounting to nearly sixty 
percent. Since 1K66 the trade 1ms either been 
stationary as In 1868, nr retrograding as in 1867 
and Inst year, when the supply of wool In Chi¬ 
cago was 3476.9.7 lbs. less tlmn in 18156, being a 
decrease of nearly thirty-seven per edit,, of 
which quantity our city niercham8 and dealers 
lie d in this market, on Mm first day of the i.res- 
ent year, no less than 649,761) Ins., or seven per 
cent, of the total receipt* of the year. It ibis 
were a slmpie local decline, it would go to show 
that Chicago, forsoiue definable reason or other 
was losing its trade. Rut iho relrograde move¬ 
ment here is but an Index of other markets, ami 
the country «t large,” ’ uuu 
The following statements from the Re- 
view.in regard to fattening sheep for market, 
may lm of interest to persons proposing to 
engage in sheep husbandry in the newer 
Western States: 
“ Men can never got good sheep off wild grass. 
It Is lndispensible that, they should bo pastured 
upon nunc grass, and with this the higher and 
more rolling the land the better. Our host sheep 
come from section* where tame grass is , n .>st 
abundant. Tlius, in the spring of ibe year, men 
look for the receipts per the Alton and Sr. Louis 
Rail rood, and the whole of Weau-m Illinois, in 
winch section* they have good tame grass, and 
feed plenty or corn. In the fall our best sheen 
come from Michigan, simply because there is 
more tame grits*, cultivated there than elsewhere. 
In Illinois we have no cause to complain of the 
supply of sheep wo get from Springfield, Jack¬ 
sonville, Champaign and Fold counties; and 
aJsiu oetwiNtn Gulpshurff and Qujnoy, wln?ro urc 
tame grass and good rolling prairie.” 
DISCUSSION ON HORSES, 
By the Fanner*’ Club of St, Louis. 
We find the following reported in the 
Rural World. Mr. Peabody said:— I love 
a good horse, but 1 am a little afraid of last 
horses. 1 would rather have a horse that 
will go a mile in five minutes than one that, 
will go in 2:40. The horse was used by man 
in tho most ancient periods, and lias always 
been useful, both in war and in peace. We 
want, to talk about the horse in peace. I 
should go in for a good, steady roadster. 
Col. Colman —In the selection and breed¬ 
ing of horses, the farmers of America have 
used but little judgment. We have many 
breeds. Tim Canadian—scarcely a breed— 
is hardy, small and somewhat coarse. This 
has been intermingled, to a great, extent, 
with the horses of the country. Then we 
have the Percheron. A good deal lias been 
said in the agricultural papers and elsewhere 
about this breed, it is good for heavy draft 
purposes, the dray, the express wagon, the 
plow, etc. It will not do for all purposes— 
not for the saddle, the buggy, nor scarcely 
for the carriage. The best breed for draft 
purposes, perhaps, is the Conestoga. It is 
an excellent draft horse. The thorough-bred 
is the very highest type of the horse, 'flic 
bone is as hard as ivory. Tho hone from 
his log will weigh more than one. from the 
common horse, Then you get size and en¬ 
durance, the arched neck and small, bony 
lead. They are line for riding, driving, 
plowing, Ac. If you can get the knee ac¬ 
tion, you have got all you want. You need 
not necessarily have a fast horse. The 
farmer wants a horse that will combine all 
these qualities. Such a horse will always 
find buyers. Not so with the heavy horse. 
The nearer you can get to the thorough-bred, 
the better for all purposes. 
Mr. Peabody —What constitutes “ thor¬ 
ough-bred ?’’ 
Col. Colman— Any horse, to be a tlior- 
obgh-bred, must run back, on both sides, to 
the English Stud Book. 
Mr. Sigekson — I presume that threo- 
fourths of all tlie horses used in this country 
are used by farmers. Wc propose to recom¬ 
mend horses that will be of most use. I object 
to the breeding of fast horses. Our fairs have 
become demoralized by the fast horses. They 
take most of the premiums - 1 have noticed 
that the men who have kept the heavy horses 
have been the ones who have made the most 
money and been most successful. To-day, 
in St. Louis, tho horses that sell best are the 
heavy horses, The advice of one of our 
most successful men to a ne w coiner, was to 
keep no small horses. The breeding of fast 
horses does not pay. While it may improve 
the style of horses, it does not improve the 
man. 
enough. 
no benefit to the country. The fast horses 
are an injury to the country. 1 have seen 
horses in transfer wagons in this city valued 
at $1,000. 
Col. Colman—I expected my remarks 
would be distorted as they have been. Nont 
of our horses would be worth one-lourth of 
what they are if it were not for the thorough 
bred. I did not say that lie should be train 
ed for the race course. A thorough-bred 
horse is not necessarily a race horse. Per¬ 
haps ninety-nine in one. hundred of them 
never went, upon the track. Many of them 
are large, fully sixteen hands high. I did 
not recommend breeding for the racecourse, 
Whal, would our St, Louis fairs be without 
the fast, horses? Men like to see a contest 
II is natural, and they will do it. We are 
bound to give the premiums for fast horses 
in order to succeed. 
Mr, Skier son—A s to the desire to see fast 
horses at the fairs, I think it is a demoralized 
condition of society, and the more important 
products are neglected. 
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WHAT AILS THE COLTS. 
The small liorsea do not plow deep 
The English arc considering what 
better use to make of their race courses. 
The race courses and fast horses have been 
the curse of this country. The best riding 
horse and the best for driving that I ever 
knew, was seventeen hands high. I am in 
favor of breeding large horses. Would pre¬ 
fer a large, steady horse in a buggy, We 
find farmers desirous of breeding from a 
particularly fast horse, and the horses of 
the country are degenerated by it.. Two 
large homes will haul as much as four small 
scrubs. I am opposed lo all horse racing as 
an injury to all classes. 
Prof. Smith —1 wish to record my ideas 
of small horses and of racing. Col. Colman 
has given a very vivid description of Ids 
style of horses. The finest horse tor knee 
action was Silver-heels, and lie was thor¬ 
ough-bred only on one side. Tn Vermont, 
the small horses are now condemned. The 
Percherons arc fast,; the English dray horse 
is slow. I condemn the whole matter of 
breeding small horses. The race horses are 
not the horses the farmer wants. The Mor¬ 
gan horses are too small for the farm. 
Dr. Henderson —As for farm horses, I 
am inclined to think the best horse for the 
farm is a mule. [Laughter.] I agree with 
Mr. Colman, the nearer we get to tho thor¬ 
ough-bred, the better for good horses. Size, 
in many cases, is only a disqualification. 
Tlie mule is smaller than tho horse, and can 
do more and endure longer. Racing has 
been condemned. 1 have one word to say: 
those who follow it properly test and prove 
the endurance of the horse. Because harm 
is done on the turf is no proof that good is 
not done. A horse without a good consti¬ 
tution is worthless. All there was good 
about the Morgan was the blood he had. 
Size is no sign of ability. 
Mr. Sigeuhon— Our object is to recom¬ 
mend something that will be for the interest 
of the country. The Russians, on their 
small horses, could not withstand the 
French grenadiers on their Percherons; 
neither could the Mexicans, on their mus¬ 
tangs, stand against the larger American 
horses. Large horses are fast enough. There 
is a good deal of time spent in examining 
points and talking about fast horses, all of 
There have, of late, appeared several 
articles in the Rural, purporting to inform 
1. II., the cause of bis colts lameness, some 
of which seem to think it troubled with 
cramp, while W. B. F., thinks the trouble, 
luxation of the patella bone, located at the 
stifle joint. Now, I do not propose to decide 
the point, at issue, much less give the cause 
of lameness in said colt; but merely give t lie 
symptoms and remedy for tho hitter com¬ 
plaint. 
Luxation of the patella bone is caused by 
tho muscle being strained, which holds it in 
its place; and the symptoms are, that the 
leg appears stiff and somewhat longer than 
the oilier; the foot is thrown buck ward, and 
reals on the extreme toe; and the animal so 
affected cannot without difficulty raise its 
fool, more than three or four inches from the 
ground. The treatment, is as follows:—Slip 
the bone back in Its place, by pressing with 
one band on the thigh, just below the stifle 
joint; at the same time with the other hand, 
draw the foot, forward and upward. Now 
apply a strong decoction of oak bark, or 
other astringent, and bathe it in with a heated 
tire shovel, or other instrument, by bolding 
as near as possible, without danger of burn¬ 
ing. Continue this treatment, two or three 
times a day, for a week or so, and I think 
there will be no further trouble. 
Colts are more liable to be nfilleted in this 
way than older horses, from the fact, that the 
muscle being tender, is more easily strained 
or relaxed. The astringent contracts tho 
muscle, and hay and oats make muscle; 
hence the animal should have plenty of these 
articles, 
1 have no fear in recommending this, as I 
have seen a horse seventeen years old, cured 
with it, which bad been lame for more than 
a year.— Scholium, Nettle Lah•, Ohio. 
X Michigan correspondent, over Mm sig¬ 
nature, “ Uncle Charles,” in the Rural 
New - Yorker, April 2!3, talks about bis 
colts having cramp, and would not relax for 
an hour, and all that time he was constantly 
rubbing tlm cords; be might just as well 
have rubbed the post of his stable. The 
trouble was not in the cords; neither was it 
cramp; as if cramp would straighten the leg 
out and make it appear longer! 
The whole trouble is the displacement of 
tho patella bone at the st ifle, as 1 staled be¬ 
fore. Show me any case of the kind, and, 
instead of fussing an hour as your “ Uncle 
Charles" did, T. would not ask for more time 
than one mini/,to to have the colt, traveling as 
well as ever, When this bone is out of place 
it is absolutely impossible for the colt, or 
horse to step with that foot. Youatt, in bis 
book upon “ The Structure and Diseases of 
Horses," page 275, says, “ Occasionally dis¬ 
location of the patella Ills occurred, and the 
horse drags the injured limb after him or 
rests it on the fetlock.” 
Mayiiew and Cole say, in substance, 
the same. These are regarded in this coun¬ 
try and Europe as among the highest au¬ 
thorities; but L suppose your Oldo corres¬ 
pondent (sec Rural New-Yorker, April 
30, page 287.) would consider them “ mis¬ 
taken or no horsemen.” I do not write for 
the sake of controversy, but, to give correct 
information to those whom it may benefit! 
W. B. F., Mast Mixon K Me. k May, 1870. 
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csss. Pare off the top and use it four times, 
and I will guarantee the wart will leave.— 
William Dickson, OmrofordOo., Win. 
Remarks. —Sinco we have many new’sub¬ 
scribers who may not have access to the last 
volume of tho Rural New-Yorker, it, may 
be profitable to repeat the recipeApply to 
Mie wart , with a feather tied on the end of a 
stick, butter of antimony, three limes a day 
until satisfied that the roots of the wart are 
dead, which can be determined by discon¬ 
tinuing the application for a week; if the 
warts grow, apply more. Mr. Thyon rec¬ 
ommends the following healing lotion, to be 
applied after the wart is exterminatedOne 
pint rum, one halt-pint soli water, one ounce 
aloes,one-fourth ounce myrrh; pulverize the 
aloes; mix and wash three limes a day until 
healed. 
"toims-turb. 
WARTS ON HORSES. 
I must return thanks to Henry R. Thyon 
for a cure for warts on horses, in the Rural 
New-Yorker of September 11, 18(50, page 
583. 1 lmd beeu trying a remedy without 
effect, when 1 saw his. I have a three-year- 
old colt, which had six warts on his body. 
One was on his shoulder, so that the collar 
almost covered it. It, was as large as a 
goose eg g. By using Mr. Tryon’s remedy, 
butter of antimony, three or four times, it 
used it up entirely. I did not use the heal¬ 
ing remedy he recommended, nor any other. 
The top of the wart should be cut off, so 
that the application will take effect. I tried 
it without cutting the wart, but with nosuc- 
PIG-PEN PARAGRAPHS. 
Blind StUiraei'S ill Pia*. 
A writer in the North British Agricul¬ 
turist says iff this disease “ The pig stands 
and works at the mouth, and froths at Urn 
mouth, then staggers and falls as if in a fit. 
After remaining in that state for a time it 
recovers, but at hist, the symptoms prove 
fatal. Some pigs force their noses against 
tlie wall or into a corner, but the symptoms 
are always nearly the same. The disease 
Which is popularly termed staggers in medi¬ 
cal parlance is called epilepsy. It depends 
usually upon imperfect nutrition of tlie brain 
and nervous system. 
“ In pigs, as well as in other animals, cpi- 
Idjisy is often hereditary. Frequently it is 
developed by breeding in-and-in. Continued 
feeding on poor, inmitrilivo fare, such as 
brewers wash or Indian corn, or even on 
such unduly stimulating food as beans or 
peas, will favor the production of epileptic 
fits. Wei, foul, uncomfortable beds also 
hiad to epilepsy among young and delicate 
pigs. In preventing fUrther losses, we would 
advise the attending carefully to cleanliness, 
comfort and liberal feeding; supply Mm 
small pig5 with some good milk and a daily 
mess ol boiled linseed, which is particularly 
good, as containing a large proportion of 
oleaginous matters. A few cabbages, grass, 
dry peas and barley flour, will help to vary 
dietary. 
“If the pigs are weakly, ten or twelve 
drops of tlie tincture of the chloride of iron 
may lie •riven twice daily in beer, water gruel 
or mash. For the litter secure a strong, 
sound, vigorous sire, of a strain of blood en¬ 
tirely different from that which has been 
litherto used. 
Foin4* of n Chester White. 
Some of the Rural New-Yorker’s cor¬ 
respondents have asked for the points of a 
ml Chester White. In the June issue of tlm 
Journal of the Farm, Philadelphia, Pa., the 
editor says:—“Those who are familur with 
their qualities will recognize iu the Chester 
County hog a very close approximation lo 
the following points: 
“ A course coat and pendulous cars are 
considered by judges as indicative of a thick 
skin and large size, ami a line coat and erect 
ears as indicat ions of small or moderate size, 
ami of tendency to rapid growth and fatten¬ 
ing. Good or essential points, viewed in the 
distract, or regarded as a standard for the 
testing of any particular breed or specimen, 
are firmness of bone, thinness and fineness of 
skin, fnlluess of bead and cheek, thickness 
and moderate shortness of neck, voltiminous- 
noss and compactness of body, depth and ex¬ 
pansion of sides, breadth of breast and loin, 
fullness of quarters, moderate shortness of 
legs and moderate or rapid tendency to fat¬ 
ten at an early age.” 
Victoria Swine 
Mr. F. D. Curtis, Saratoga Co., N. Y. 
one of the Vice-Presidents of the New York 
State Agfi Society, informs us that, lie lias 
been carefully crossing the Yorkshire and 
Suffolka for several years, and thereby bus 
secured animals of a type which be thinks 
an improvement, on either of the breeds 
named. He has named the results of this 
cross “Victoria.” They are described ns 
medium in size, white, easy keepers, and 
very handsome. The mother of tho family, 
“Queen Victoria,” has won a number of 
prizes, and is now well advanced in years. 
The young boar, “ Prince Albert,” who is to 
be the future progenitor of tho new breed, is 
said to be a superior animal. Thus it will 
be seen that, the success of the Chester coun¬ 
ty bogs is likely to create as many distinct 
breeds ns breeders. Moore’s of Illinois, the 
Butler Co., O., and tlie Jefferson Co., N. Y., 
hogs, ami the Victoria arc already in the 
field. Who next? Why not new breeds of 
swine as well as new potatoes, strawberries, 
and grapes? But it may be well for us to 
caution people against being “caught” by 
any of these new-fangled breeds which will 
spring up, now that the hint, is out. Remem¬ 
ber that all are not Chester Whites that are 
sold as such. 
