jusbanforj) 
Connecticut. 
Danbury, Danbury. 
Frirfleld. Norwalk.. 
Pequabuck, Bristol. 
’Jnfon, Woodbury. 
New Jeftiejr. 
Burlington, Mt. Holly. 
Capo May, South Seavllle. 
Cumberland, Bridgeton. 
Vineland Hort., Vineland. 
k'enunyl vnnia. 
Berko. 
Bucko. Newtown. 
Butler. Butler. 
Cheater, Westchester....... 
Crawford, Conneautvllle. 
Oxford, Oxford.... 
Kentucky. 
Boone, Florence... 
Bourbon, Parts. 
Central Ky., Danville. 
Clark, Manchester. 
Fayette, Lexington. 
Harrison, Cynthia. 
Jefferson, Louisville. 
.Madison, Richmond. 
Marion. Lebanon.. 
Meson and Bracken, (Jerrnuntown , 
McCracken. Paducah.. 
Mercer, HnrrodMb irg. . .. 
Mercer, Salvlsa. 
Montgomery ami Bath, Mt. Sterling, 
N el soil. B a rd slown.. 
North Kentucky, Florence. 
Ohio, Hartford. .. 
Pulaski,Somerset... 
8alvl»a, Hal visa. 
Scott, uo<>rgetown..... 
Sholby, Shelbj vlUe. 
Simpson, Franklin. 
Warren, Bowl lug Green. 
Washington, Springfield. 
Ten nueecc. 
Robertson, Spr I tig Hold. 
Ohio. 
Allen, Lima... 
Ashtabula, Andover. 
Ashtabula, Jefferson,. 
Athens, Athens... 
Auglaize, Wapalconettu. 
Belmont, Belmont. 
Boimofit. St, Clairsville. 
Brookfield, Brookfield. 
Brown, Georgetown.. 
Butler, llarnllton. 
Carroll, Augusta. 
Carrot!, Carrollton. 
Clark, BprlngtlcId. 
Chunipiugn. Mooli unlcsburg. 
Champaign, (.trhana. 
Clermont. Hnntum.. 
Clermont. Batavia. 
Clinton, flinnchester. . 
Clinton. Wilmington. 
Columhiana, Now Lisbon. 
Conncnat, Conneaut. 
Coahomon, Cosbo.-tqn... 
Crawford, Bucyrns...,. 
Cuyahoga, Cleveland. . 
liatko .Greenville. 
Defiance, Defiance.. 
Delaware Delaware. 
Krie. Siindu-ky...... 
FairiJelU. Lancaster. 
Fayette, Washington. 
Franklin, Columbus. 
Fulton, Ottoken..,. 
Gallia, Gallia polls. 
(icitugo. Burton.. 
Gnauga. Clnrldon,... 
Green, Janie»tuwu. 
Green, Xenia. 
Hamilton, Carthage.. 
Hancock Findlay. 
1 larilhi, Knnton. 
llarrlson, Can Us. 
Henry, Napoleon . 
Highland Union, GurreUsvIUe. 
Highland, 11 illsboro. 
Honking, Logan... 
Huron, Norwalk. 
Jackson, Jackson... 
Knox, Ml. Vornou. 
I .iiki* DuiiusviHo,,, .... 
Joking. Newark. 
Logan, liolloi ontatne. 
Lorain, Kiyrni . 
Lorain. Wollinglon.. 
Lucas, Toledo. 
Marlon, Marlon. 
Mahoning, Cnnthyld. 
Medina, Medina. 
Medina, Bovllle....... . 
Miami, Troy ..... 
Meigs, Rook Spring. 
Mercer, Colina...... 
Vimiroo. Woodslield. 
Montgomery. Dayton. 
Vi ..... . . . rt ,.l | u i.4l lx* 
unless in very exceptional cases, be pro¬ 
fitably kept together in large numbers in 
connection with that arable and convertable 
husbandry which is necessary to supply 
their proper aliment. We take it nobody 
will claim that they can in large flocks ob¬ 
tain enough suitable food to develop their 
peculiar excellence as mutton sheep, on 
grass alone, or grass and hay, or under the 
general treatment which sheep receive in 
those pastoral regions where the great flocks 
of Marinos flourish. Mr. Harris certainly 
does not claim this. His assertion of their 
herding properties contains the conditions 
that the "young animals ” shall receive “ all 
the food they can digest and assimilate”— 
that the “ young sheep and lambs * * * get. 
the extra food and attention they require.” 
Nevertheless we repeat that we should be 
glad to have it proven that the lobg wools— 
and, we will add, all other favorite breeds of 
sheep — possess every attainable quality 
necessary to fit them for even exceptional 
situations ! 
In discussing the correctness of generally 
received opinions—opinions which have 
been ostensibly based on long general ex¬ 
perience—the burthen of proof rests on those 
who assail them. It is not necessary to ad¬ 
duce specific facts and instances In their sup¬ 
port, until facts enough have been brought 
forward to render them doubtful. Has Mr. 
Harris done this? He states he has a 
flock of over ninety Cotswolds which, lie 
‘‘is satisfied,”—how, it does not appear,— 
produce more mutton for the amount, of food 
consumed, or the amount of ground fed 
over, than a flock of two hundred and fifty 
Merinos owned by him. This, if it exhibits 
anything, exhibits their relative feeding 
properties. It affords not a shadow of proof 
of the fallacy of “ the popular notion that 
we cannot keep Cotswolds,” &c., “ in large 
flocks," or that they are " not. like Merinos” 
in this particular—unless ninety sheep con¬ 
stitute a large flock! nnd unless to bIiow that, 
ninety Cotswolds will herd well together, 
also shows they are “ like Merinos” in that 
property, when it is well known that a thou¬ 
sand and upwards of the latter often herd 
well together through periods of years. 
Mr. Harris takes issue with a “ neighbor” 
for saying “yon ought, not to have more 
than a dozen or so” of Cotswolds; but ns 
we have never heard any person express 
such an opinion, and «*« v>el»«>-«r ti.o wntt«jr 
docs not have the least bearing on the ques¬ 
tion at issue—viz., whether large flocks of 
them can be safely and profitably kept to¬ 
gether—it is not necessary here to comment 
on his negative testimony in the case, which 
is already before the reader. 
Mr. Harris declares 
Union, Atlanta. 
Union, Centralia... 
Union, Jonesboro.. 
Union, Warren. 
Union Institute. Sandwich . 
Vermillion, Collin. 
Vermillion, Danville. 
Warren, Monmouth. 
Whiteside, H ter I inn... 
Winnebago, Rockford. 
I ndlnnn. 
Allen, Fort Wayne.. 
ul'.'.mlnjjdale, Mbnirnli'igdalo. 
B 1 "mo, Lebanon .. 
Bridgeton Union, Bridffeton. 
D.nrborh, l.fiwroneuburir.. 
Kdinbmg, Kiilnliun. 
Klkluirl, Klklmit. 
Fayette. Uoom.rsvUlO... 
Fountain mat Warren, Attica.. 
Gosport District, Gosport. 
Grand Frame. l‘U,c Village. 
Grant, Marion.. . . 
Hancock, Green Held ............... 
Hun Ison, Corydon. .... 
Hendricks, Danville. .. ... ...... .. 
Henry, New Castle.,. 
Honey Greek, New London......... 
11owned, Kokomo. 
Huntington, Hunt liigitm.. 
Jefferson. Nr,rib Madison. 
Johnson Co.. Frat*kllti. 
Luke. Roan Station,... 
La Porte. La Forte. 
Marlin, Li >ogoote.. 
Monroe, Bloomington.. . 
Montgomery, Crawford vine. 
Morgan, Martinsville. 
Munote. Munch). 
On on, Gosport... 
Fin ue, Bloomlngdaie........ 
Hlt'ke. Bridgeton. 
Coney. New Harmony. 
Putnam, Grconoantie. 
Rush, Kushvlllo, .. 
St. Joseph, South Bend. 
South Rust Indiana, Aurora.. 
Sullivan, Sullivan. 
hwltnorhind nuii him,,, io. Fnterprig 
Tippecanoe, Ln;-ndie.... 
Union Joint Stock. Liberty..... 
Galon, Knights town..... 
Vermillion, Newport.... 
Vigo, Terra Hatite.. 
Wuhash, Wabash..... 
Warrick. Hoonville.. 
Wayne, Klelinioml. 
Wu > no Joint Stock, Richmond. 
Iowa. 
Ackley Union, Ackley.. 
Allamakee, Waukon . 
Appanoose. Centre vl lie. 
Benton, Belle Plaine. 
Benton. Viutoti. 
Bhiekhiiwk, Waterloo. 
Bremer, Wuverly . 
IliH'Inumn, Independence. 
Butler, Butler Centre. 
fuss, A1 Innt le... 
Cedar, Tipton... 
Cedar Valley, Cedar Fulls. 
Central, Den Moines. 
Chickasaw, New Hampton. 
Clayton, Fartucrsburg. 
Clinton. Clinton... 
Crawford, Dennison. 
Dallas. Adel. 
Davis. Bloomfield. 
Dno.itnr, Leon .. 
Delaware, Manchester . 
ties Moines, Burlington. 
Floyd, Charles City. 
Freni.ml. Sidney. 
Guthrie, Guthrie Centre. 
IlArrlson and Monona, LittleStoux. 
Henry, Mt. Pleasant. 
H«wnrd, Limp Spring*... 
tliimbolt, Dakota.. . 
Jackson, Ma./iiokell*... 
Jasper, Newton........ -... 
Jeffei‘«ou. lGiiiileid. 
Jnhustoo. Iowa City.. . 
Jones. Medialoi'svllle. 
Lee. Furl Madison. 
Louisa, Wapello. 
I,ueii:,, Charlton... 
Muhimku, Oskuloose....... 
.VIills, Gleowood. . 
Mitchell, Osage. . . . 
Montgomery, lied oak Junction. 
PotlHWiininiile. Council Bluffs. 
Poweshelk. MaJoom...... 
Poweslielk, Waterloo. 
Hcott, Davenport. 
glory, Nevada. 
Union, Ackley. ... 
Union. Afton.. 
Van Huron, Kcosuuqiin... 
Wapello, Ottumwa. 
Warrnn, Indinnolu. 
Washington, Washington....... 
IHIanouri. 
Audrain, Mexico.. . 
Booiio, Columbia... 
Boone, Sturgeon. 
Cauldron and DeKulb, Cameron. 
Callaway, Fulton. 
Ca»S, Hnrrlsonville,^.. 
Chariton, KeytesrUra. 
Clay, Liberty.. .. 
Cole, Jefferson. 
Cooper. Bonneville. 
Davit'**, Gallatin. 
(Humundo. Hermann... 
Grundy, Iron ton.... 
dgffClson, Do Soto,,. 
Lutuvette. Lexington,. 
Leals.Canton, .. 
Marlon and North Mo., Hannibal... 
Monroe, Purls . .. 
Montgomery, Montgomery City...., 
Montgomery, North Florence. 
North Knxtarn, Pari*. 
Plfci*. LoniHlaou.... . 
Pike, Pari*. . .. . . 
Riuidolpli, Huotvllle.,. ..— 
Randolph. Roanoke . .... 
Shelby, Slialbyville..... 
Sturgeon. Sturgeon. 
Vernon, Nevada. 
Warrnn, Warrenton.. 
Washington, potogt.,.. 
Webster* Marsh field. 
Wisconsin. 
Columbia, Portage.. 
IMnc, .Madison. 
Dodge, Heaver Duiu. 
Fond dii Lae, Fond du Laic. 
Giant, Lancaster.. 
Green Luke, Markesau.. 
Jefferson, Jefferson. ,. ... 
Kenosha, Bristol Station. 
1 aifuyattc, I.aueasler... 
Outagamie. Appleton.. 
Richland, Richland Centre. 
ltlpori, itlpoo. . .... 
South Western Mineral Point.. 
Vernon, Vlroqua.. 
Walworth, Elkhorn. 
Wa.uku»hu, Waukesha. 
Waupun, Wuiipun.. 
Wisconsin Valley, Black Karth — 
Kiwi sit *. 
Anderson, Garnet...... 
Dontphon, Troy...,... 
Jackson, Holton.. 
Jefferson, Oak a loose. .'7T... 
Leavenworth, Leavenworth. 
Nor. Kan*u*, Atcnlaop. 
Virginia. 
Lynchburg... 
Southwest, Wythe vlUe. 
Florence, Landerdale. 
Minnesota, 
Blue Earth, Garden City..... 
Fillmore A Moore. St. Charles. 
Oluisteud, Rochester. . . 
Netaraitka. 
Douglas*. Omaha.... 
Richardson, Salem. 
Canada. 
Arran. Tara... 
Arteuilsla, Floshertqn......-• •••••.. 
Barton and Glanford, Glanford,... 
Bruce, North Paisley.... 
Darlington.. .... .. 
Durham West. BowmanviUe. 
K. Middlesex and London, London 
Flum and Wallace, l.lstowel. 
•Sept. 6-10 
.Get. 10-16 
Sept. 14-17 
Sopt. 21 23 
Sept. 20 2S 
ltbuslrml femrittifs 
H. S. RANDALL, LL. D., EDITOR, 
Of Coutland Village, Cortland County, New York. 
RURAL FAIRS FOR 1870 
[From the Country Gentleman.] 
LONG WOOL SHEEP IN LARGE 
FLOCKS. 
Alabama Union. Selma.Nov. 8—11 
Arkansas, Little Rock.... ..Get. 11—11 
California, Sacramento. Sept.-• 
Colorado, Denver.Sept, 27-Oct. 1 
Connecticut Poultry. Hartford.Nov. 1—3 
Delaware ... 
Florida. —- 
Georgia. Atlanta.Oct. l.'-2li 
Illinois. Decatur..Bept, 26—Oct. l 
Indiana, Indianapolis....Oct . 2—7 
Iowa, Keokuk.. Sept. 12-10 
Kansas, Fort Scott.Sept. 27—80 
Kentucky. Henderson.Oct i-8 
Louisiana..... 
Maine, Augusta. 
Maryland, Baltimore.*.. 
Massachusetts Hurt. Hoe.. Boston'.. 
Michigan, Jackson. 
Minnesota, Winona. 
Mississippi, Jackson. . 
Mississippi Vn 1 ley Grape, St. Louis. 
Missouri, St. Lou!*.... 
Nebraska, Brownsville.... 
New Brunswick Provincial, Fredericton 
New Hampshire. Manchester... 
New Jersey, Waver]y... 
Now York, Utica.. 
New York Poultry, Now York City. 
North Carolina, Raleigh. 
Ohio. Springfield. 
Ontario Provincial, Toronto. 
Oregon. Slileni. 
Ptmnsy I vu n hi, Scrim ton . 
Quebec Provincial, Montreal. 
Rhode Island.. ... 
South Carolina,Columbia. .. 
Tennessee... 
Texas, San Antonin.Oct. 5 8 
Vermont, Burlington.Sept. 12—16 
Virginia......- 
West Virginia.. 
Wisconsin, Milwaukee.Sept. 27—30 
Washington Territory. Wallu-Walla.Sept. 22—25 
DISTRICT FAIRS. 
Ag'l, Mooh. A Hurt. Ass'n, Indianapolis_Sept. 5—10 
American lost I lute. Now Vork.Sept. 7 —Nov. 2 
Blue and Kansu* Valley, Kun.. Manhattan.,.Oct. 5,8 
Car. Much. I net. Moil .Man Francisco. Aug,211— Sept. 2 
Carolina Hort. Sue ,Wilmington, N.C. Aug. 11 
central Keniuukv, Danville.Aug. 23—27 
Central Mlehl -an. Lannlng...Sept, 14-1(1 
Ueniriii v c , Hendersun.,......Oct. 11—14 
Cincinnati Indus. A -g’n.Cincinnati. Sept. 21—Out. l/> 
CtfUmi Stale:' Viigie-r.il . .... Oot. BD 
Interstate. I'ltt-lmiidi. Sept. 12 16 
Kentucky Ag a Mooli., Lexington.Sopt. 27 -.HI 
National Bee h ■ pcriT. Indianapolis.Doc.21, n 
Now England. Munolieeler. ...— Sept. 6—8 
N. I 1 ,. Mlaantli'i v So. Iowa. Memphis.Sept. - 
North Kentucky. Florence..Aug.80— Sept. ;l 
North Missouri Stork.Sept. 13 —it 
N. VV. Poultry A.vt'n, ChtcugO...............Ntiv. 15—M 
North Wisconsin, Oshkosh.Oct. 3 7 
Northern Kansas, Atchison...Oct.6 7 
Northern (Milo, Cleveland.Oct. 4 -7 
MuiiongakelH Valley, W. Va.. Morgantown..Oct. 4-8 
Richmond, Did.. Richmond.Sept. 28-30 
Southern Wisconsin, Janesville...Sept. 20—23 
Wisconsin Valley, Black Karth.,.Sept.- 
.Sept. — 
....Sept. 27-20 
.Sept. 20,30 
Sept. 29, Oct. I 
....Sept. 27—30 
.Oct. 5—7 
An article credited editorially to the Rural 
New-Yorker, contains the following para¬ 
graph, a few words of which we Italicize: 
“ We are yet to learn that long-wool sheep 
(Cotswolds. Leicester*, Lincolns, &<’.,) arc not, 
under the same treatment, or wo should rather 
sov under correspondingly good treatment,as 
healthy here as in England. They will not hear 
herding together in large numbers , or severe cli¬ 
matic exposures, or neglects of any kind here, 
nor will they in England." 
As the statement italicized is so frequently re¬ 
pealed, it may be well to quote from the Ameri¬ 
can Agriculturist, some remarks from the pen 
of Mt*. Joseph Harris, which supply a timely 
comment, upon it, and which will have none the 
less weight from being the result of the writer's 
personal experience: 
" All young, growing animals, other things 
being equal, need more food and that at shorter 
interval*than animals that have attained their 
growth. And the great secret of success in rais¬ 
ing improved breeds c< stock, is to furnish the 
young animals all the iood they can digest and 
assimilate. As long as they are growing rapidly 
there is Jifctle danger of their getting too fat. 
The popular notion that wc cannot keep Cots- 
wold. Leicester, or Southdown sheep In largo 
flocks arises from the fact that when so kept, 
the young sheep and lambs do not, get the ex¬ 
tra food and attention that they require. I have 
a flock of over ninety thoroughbred Cotswolds 
and about two hundred and fifty Merinos: and 
I am satisfied rhul with the Cotswolds a given 
wetght uf mutton can ho kept In a smaller space 
than with tho Merinos. A neighbor said or the 
Cotswolds:—‘ You cannot keep so many. You 
ought not *o havo more than a dozen or so. 
These sheep are not like Merinos. Yon cannot, 
keep them in largo flocks. So-and-so tried it 
ami the sheep pined away.’ Now all this is sheer 
and unadulterated nonsense. I happened to know 
the history of the flock ho alluded to. Many of 
thorn were Imported sheep, brought over at 
different times, hyan English farmer who gave 
thorn good care and plenty of food, and they did 
remarkably well, although ihoy had no ‘room ’— 
only good pasture in summer mid plenty of 
f ood clover hay In winter. But by-and-by the 
arm and the stock passed Into the hands of 
some young men who did not work the land as 
well, nor give the sheep the requisite attention, 
MflE 
town 
Aug. 30-Sept. 2 
.Hept. 6-9 
.A ng 23-2t; 
.Aug. 23-26 
.Sept, 27-30 
.Sept, 13-17 
.Sept. 13 17 
...... Hept. II 13 
.Aug. 30—Sept,.2 
... .Sept, tv 20 
.Oct. II 16 
.Sept, li— 111 
.Aug. 16—90 
.Aug. 16—20 
.Sopt. 23 30 
Aug. 30 Sept. 3 
. ...Oct.— 
.Sept. 11 III 
.Aug. 16 20 
.Aug. 16 211 
Aug. 30 Scut. 2 
.Sept, 6 10 
Aug. 30 Sept, 2 
.Sept. 2, -30 
Sept. 30-23 
.Sept. 37-29 
.Sept. 20 23 
.Sopt. 21 -23 
.Sopt. 20 23 
..Oct. to 16 
.Sept. H 
....OCt. 3-7 
,8ept. 26-83 
....Oct. 4-7 
.. .Sept. 5—8 
• Sept 20-23 
Sept. 27-30 
.Doe. 14 22 
..Oct. 18-21 
.Sept, 12 15 
...Oct. 3-7 
• Oct. 10-15 
Sept. 27-80 
Sept. 13—16 
.Sept. 27- 29 
.Sept. 7 9 
.Sept. U 16 
.......Sept, 29,30 
.Oct, 6-7 
.Sopt. 14 -16 
.Sept . 28, 29 
.Sept 28 -30 
.Sept, 6—9 
.Oct. 4-6 
.Sopt. 20-so 
.Or(, 5-7 
.Oct, 11 -15 
. Sept. 6-9 
.Oct. 4-6 
. Sept. 8—B 
.Sept. 13 16 
.Aug. 30-Sept. 2 
.Sept. 7 Si 
.SopY. 21 23 
.Hept, 21 23 
.Hept. 20 23 
....Out. l 7 
.Sept . 6 9 
.Sept. 21 24 
.Out. 1 -7 
.Oet. 6. 7 
.Hept. 27-30 
.Get, 12 15 
.Aug. 23-26 
.Sept. 6-9 
.Sopt. 27. 30 
.Sept. 14—Ui 
.Sept. 27—29 
.Sept. 21 2,i 
Aug. 30-Sept. 2 
.Sept. 6 9 
.Sept. 6-9 
.Sept. 28 -3|) 
.Get, 4—6 
.Sepr, 28-30 
.Sept. ‘17—29 
.Sept, 28 3u 
.Sopt, 7 -si 
.Out. 7 II 
.Hupt. 20-22 
_Sept. 29, 30 
.Sept. 27 29 
.Sept, 28 80 
.Get, 4 7 
.OCt- I 7 
.0,1, 20-23 
.Hept. 7- lu 
■ ■ ■■•Hept.. 20-2,'; 
• bept vi p et , 
• .4 M'l. 4—u 
Bept.28 30 
..Oct. 8 8 
.Oct. 5-8 
.Sept. 14-10 
.Sept. 21 -23 
.Oet. 2 i 
.Sept, 27 -29 
...Oct, 4 6 
.Sept, 29 OCt. 1 
.Sept. 21-28 
.Sept. 28-30 
..Sept. U 
.Oet. 5- 7 
.Sept. 6-9 
.Hept. 28 30 
-Sept. 27—30 
. Sopt. 28 30 
..Oct. 4—6 
.Sept. 7- 10 
.Oct. 8, 7 
......Sept. 27-30 
..Sept. 27-29 
.Sept. 20—23 
.Get. 4 7 
.Sept, 26 30 
-Sopt. 20 22 
.OCt, 4-7 
.Sept. 27-30 
.Oct. 6-8 
. . Sept, 21-23 
.Oi|. 4-6 
.Oct. 12-14 
.Sept. 28 20 
.Sct>t. 13 16 
.Oct. 4—6 
Sept. 28—Oct. 1 
Sept. 27 29 
• Sept. 28 30 
.Sept. 27 30 
Sept. 27-29 
Sept, as-30 
and both Linn anil (lock ran down i 
father used to keep u large dock of _ _ 
arid Leicester sheep, and I spent two years on 
the farm where one thousand splendid Hum|i- 
shirc Down sheep were kept; 1 never heard the 
first In i filiation tlmt there was any objection to 
having large flock*, provided they laid plenty of 
food and tnc requisite care and attention.'* 
Remarks. — Notwithstanding the Juxtapo¬ 
sition in which the Country Gentleman has 
placed our views and Mr. Harris’s— which 
may to some convey the impression that the 
latter was an intended “ timely comment ” on 
the former—and consequently that Mr. Har¬ 
ris had our remarks specially in view when 
he pronounced the opinions expressed in 
them “sheer and unadulterated nonsense”— 
we see nothing in the article itself to confirm 
that impression. But none the less do we 
feel called upon to examine the proof by 
which he supports his opposing opinions. 
We avow, at, the outset, that we have never 
claimed that, our opinions in regard to the 
herding properties of long wool sheep, 
(“Cotswolds, Leiccsters, Lincolns, &c.,”) were 
the result of personal experience. Wo bred 
some of them, years ago, but. not in sufficient 
numbers to determine their character in the 
above particular. We have derived such in¬ 
formation as we possess on the subject, some¬ 
what from observation, but mostly from the 
statements of practical breeders of them. We 
have been familiar with such breeders for up¬ 
wards of thirty years—have talked with a 
great many of them on the subject—and do 
not remember to have heard one stale it as 
his experience or belief that English long 
wools can be safely kept together—t. e., herd¬ 
ed in “ large numbers,” or that they at all 
equal the Merino in herding properties. And 
we have had the contrary admitted to us in 
a multitude of instances. The same facts 
have often been proclaimed—undisputed, so 
fur us we know—In our American agricul¬ 
tural journals. Twenty-two years ago, in 
“Sheep Husbandry in the South,” we as¬ 
serted the comparative inferiority of the Lei¬ 
cester and Cotswolds in herding* Six years 
ago we said in the “ Practical Shepherd 
“ They [the long wools] do not herd well— 
that is, thrive well when kept together in 
large numbers. The Down families herd 
much better, but still do not compare with 
Merinos in this respect.”t We may be al¬ 
lowed to say that both of these works have 
gone into the hands of a multitude of Eng¬ 
lishmen and breeders of English sheep, in 
different quarters of the globe, and if any de¬ 
nial of the above statements has before been 
made, in a solitary instance, it has escaped 
our observation. 
It is freely conceded that there is nothing 
in these circumstances which should prevent 
Mr. Harris, or any other person, from ad¬ 
ducing facts — whether the result of experi¬ 
ence or derived from any other reliable 
source ot'information—which go to establish 
an opposite conclusion. And we should be 
most happy to have Mr. Harris successful 
in establishing an opposite conclusion. It 
is true we think the want of herding 
properties is, in reality, but a very small 
drawback on the practical value of the 
large breeds of mutton sheep, at least in 
the United States, because we think if they 
possessed those properties, they could not, 
* At page 153. t Page 89. 
My father used 
to keep a large flock of Southdown and 
Leicester sheep, and I spent two years on 
the farm where one thousand splendid Hamp¬ 
shire Down sheep were kept; I never heard 
the first intimation that there was any ob¬ 
jection to having large flocks, provided they 
had plenty of food and the requisite careaud 
attention.” Neither the number of his father’s 
flock, nor any other details of it are given. 
A portion of it consisted of Southdowns, and 
the other flock consisted entirely of Hamp¬ 
shire Downs—both varieties of sheep which 
concededly herd much better than the Cots 
wold, and other long wools. In neither case 
does Mr. Hakrib say that the sheep were 
horded together, in the sense in which that 
word is understood among both shepherds 
and authors. To say that one thousand 
sheep will herd well together, implies not 
merely that they can he kept on the same 
farm, or kept together a part of the time or 
a part of the year, but that they can he kept 
together in one flock day and night all the 
year round. Sheep can be kept on the same 
farm and lie as isolated from each other the 
whole time, or a part of the time, as if they 
were on different farms and even those re¬ 
mote from each other. It is not uncommon to 
pasture large flocks of sheep together on ex¬ 
tensive ranges, but when they go into winter 
quarters to divide them into much smaller 
flocks, which are fed and sheltered separately. 
It is in winter feeding and in the fold at 
night, that their herding properties in large 
numbers are most severely tested. 
We have reviewed Mr. Haruis’s “ timely 
comments” at what will probably be con¬ 
sidered more than sufficient length. In our 
judgement his facts are too few, and far too 
vaguely stated, to establish any of his posi¬ 
tions—and much less to establish his novel 
proposition that Cotwolds and Leicesters 
can be kept safely in large flocks, and his 
implied one that they do not differ essentially 
fr»m Merinos In this respect. 
Morituii. .Url.'iiinull*vilie........ 
Morciiw, Mt. Gllaiul. 
.'.lUNicinuiiHiu, Zalne*ville. 
Nulilo, tsaruhtvlllo . .. 
Ottawa, Oali Harbor. 
Perry, New Lexitraton. 
Pickaway. Circluville.... 
Portage, luivunna.... 
Preble, Kut.on. 
Putnam, Ott-'wa. 
Richland. M.mMleld. 
Ko**, Chlllteoilio. 
Saiulitsky. Fremont...,.. 
Htark, Canton..... 
Seneca, Tiffin..... 
Hliclby, Sidney... 
Huuuutt. Akron. 
Summit, Richfield. 
Trumbull, YVarran,. 
I tincariiwii*. Canal Dover. 
Union, Marysville. 
Van Wert, Van Wert..... 
Warn*) . Lebanon. 
Washington. Marietta. 
W iynu, OrrvUlo. 
Waync. Wooster. . 
William*. Hryun. 
Wood, Perryghnrirh. 
Wyandot, Lpper Sandusky..— 
Michigan 
Bay. Bay City. 
Henzla, Bmucorla. 
Ui'.itIoo, But'.lianau. 
cu»n, Co**ai>oil* ... 
i.on!■*«©, Flint , ... 
Grand Tiuvi'i mo, Traverse City. 
Hillsdale, Hillsdale. 
Kent. Grand Ranids.. 
Lansing $tuuk. 
Luponr, Lapeer. 
Leelanau, Glen Arbor. 
Livingjiion. Howell. 
viurciueite, Muutello. 
Oakland, Pontiac. 
uunwit, Berlin. . 
Hiding Park Ass'n, Flint. 
Sant lire, Laxington. 
St. Clair, Port Huron... 
Tuscola, Watroosville. 
Illinois. 
Aurora Ag. and Hort., Aurora. 
Boone, Belvidere.. 
Carroll, Mt. Carroll.."_ 
Cu»l, Virginia... 
Centralia, Centralia... 
Clinton, Carlyle.. 
Coin*. CharieHno. 
Cook. Ag. and Hort., Chicago... 
Do Kalb, Da Kalb. 
He Kalb, Sycamore. 
I)e Witt, .. 
Dixon Park. Dixon. 
Du QuoLx Dlat., Du Quoin. 
Edgar, Pari* —.. 
Edward*, Albion. 
Elgin. Klgln. 
Fran 111 iri. Benton. 
Fulton, Canton. 
Gruenb, Carrollton. 
Grundy, Morris.,. 
Henry, Cemhrldgn. 
IroQuols, Gngrgo . 
Jaoknou, Murpltyaboro. 
Jo Davies*, Galena. . .. 
Kane, Geneva... 
Kankakee, Motuence.. 
Knox, Knoxville.... 
Lake Co.. Llbertyvtlle. 
La Salle, Ottawa. . 
Lawrence, Lawreucevllle. 
Llvtngalon. Pontiac..... 
Macoupin. Cai'llnville. 
Madison. FdwardsvIUe... 
Marlon, Centrulia..... 
Mat-Jinll, Henry. 
Mercer, A lotto. 
Monroe, Waterloo. 
Montgomery' Litchfield.. 
McHenry, Woodstock. 
McLean. Bloomington. 
Ogle, Oregon . 
Pekin, Pekin... 
Peoria, Peoria.., .. 
perry, Pinckneyvllle... 
Piatt, Montloello. 
Pike, Pittsfield..,,. 
Putnam, Hennepin.. 
Rock Island. Rock Island. 
Ht- Clair, Belleville.. 
Hobuyler, BunhvUle. 
Hlielbv, Shclhyvllle. 
Stark, TOttlon.... 
Tazewell, Pekin.... 
•8ept. 27—Oct. 1 
Aug. 30—Sept. 4 
.Sept. 6—11 
. ....Sept. 20-23 
.Aug. 20—Hept. 3 
.. Sept. 27—Oct. 1 
.Oct. 11-15 
.Sopt. 6-9 
.Sepr. 13-17 
.Sopt. 20-23 
.Sept. 27-80 
.Sept. IX- JT 
.Oct. 1»-14 
.Aug. 30 -Sept. 2 
.Oflt. 11—16 
.Sent. 19-24 
..Sopt. 26—Oct. 1 
.fiept. Tfi'-IT 
•Sopt. 27- Oct, 1 
•Sept. 27—Got 1 
.Sent. 13-17 
. .Bept. 28—Oct. 1 
.Sept. 13—17 
■ Aug. 3l-Bept.3 
.Aug. 23—27 
. Oct. 10-14 
-Sept. 6—1J 
Hchencvu* Valley. Soliortovus. 
Southern Oneida Union, Clinton. 
Susquehanna Valley, Fnudillu. 
Trenton Union, Trenton. 
Vienna, North Bay. 
! Wo aldington, W Addington.. 
iUninc. 
Anrtrosrogttln, LowiHton... 
Ai'ooaIo, tk, Hoiilton..,... 
Cumberland, Westbrook... .. 
Franklin North, Phillips. 
Franklin South, Wilton . 
Kennebec Fast, China.. 
Oxford, South Purls.,. 
Penobscot and Waldo, Monroe. 
Somerset Central, Skowhcgan.. 
Waldo, BellattV....— 
New Hninpahire. 
Kxeter, Exeter... 
Hillsborough, MiHord . 
Merrimack. Concord... 
Plseauiqua, Portsmouth.... 
Rockingham, Exeter. 
Vermont. 
Addison, Middlebury... 
Caledonia, St. JohnsvIHe. 
t'iiuteadon, Burlington.. .. 
Connecticut Valloy. Brattleboro. 
Lamolle, Hyde Park... 
G loans. Bat ton. .. 
Washington, East Montpelier. 
Wilmington. Wilmington. 
Windham, Newfane. 
IMaftsnch usetta. 
Barnstable. Barnjtable. . 
Berkshire, Pittsfield.. 4 .. 
Bristol, Taunton. w . 
Bristol Centre. Myrlck’sT. e. . 
Essex, lpawlcff. . 
Franklin. Greenfield... 
Hampshire, Franklin and Hampden, 
Northampton. 
Highland, Middlefleld . 
Houft&tontc, Great Barrington.. 
Hampshire, AmtiL-rst.... 
Hampden. Springfield. . 
Hampden East, Palmer.. 
Hlnghkm, Ufiigliam. Y . 
II,,oslc Valley, North Adams. 
Marsh 11 old. Jiursliileld..... 
Martha'* vineyard, West Tlsbury. 
MlddleOold, Mldiili'field .. 
Middlesex, Concord.. 
Middlesex Bondi, Frail ogham. 
Middlesex North, l.owelt. 
Nan 1 uriknt, Nantucket. 
Norfolk, Reildvllle. . ... 
Plymouth, Bridgewater...Sei 
Union, Blutidforil... 
Worcester. Worcester.. 
Worcester Northwest, Athol.. 
Worcester South. Btlll bridge. 
Worcester West, B:ll‘re. - . 
Worcester North, Fitchburg...... 
Worcester .Southeast, Milford. 
Worcester Horticultural, Worcester.. .. 
Oot. 1 I 
.Sept. 21.22 
Sept. 28 38 
Sept. 27 29 
. .Hept. 6 9 
• Get. 12-1-4 
Sept. 28—Ik) 
....Oot. 6, 7 
.8ept„ 27. 28 
•Sept. 28, 29 
... ..Oct.— 
Sept. 14-16 
....Oct. 5-7 
.Sept. 14—13 
Sejk. 15-17 
..Sept. 5—7 
Sept. 13—16 
...Oct. f>~a 
.Oct. 11-14 
.Oct. 11-14 
.SepL. 27-30 
.Sept. 14-16 
Aug. 30 Sept. 2 
.Sent, 20 -24 
.Sept. 6—8 
. . ..Sopt. 27—36 
.Sept. 21-21 
.Sept, 27-39 
.Sopt. 13—16 
.— Sopt- — 
.Sept. 6-9 
.Sept. 28-30 
. Sept. 20—23 
.Sept. 20 it 
.Sept. 6- 9 
.Oct. 1 ( 
.Sopt. 7—lu 
-.Oct. 4-7 
. Oet. 17 II 
.Sept. 27 IKl 
.Oct. 5—7 
.Sept. 13-18 
.Sopt. 20— ! 
-Sept. 27-30 
.Sept. 6—!) 
.Sept. 21 23 
.Oct. 6, 7 
.Oct. II I t 
.Sept. 22,23 
EIIUH ami ivaiiuce, .. 
KramoM, Centre Idd. 
Klulos... .... 
Mono, Orangeville... 
Muskoku Union. Bmcobrldge.. 
Northumberland East. VVarkworth 
Northumberland West, Cobourg.... 
Ottawa, Ottawa...... -. 
Oxford South.Ottervfile.... 
Berth North, Stratford. 
Puiliuch. Aberfoyle... 
Quebec. Montreal. . 
Box I", rough, Moose Creek. 
Uxbridge. Uxbridge.... 
Waterlo North, Berlin.. 
Well I ngton N orth, Arthur.. 
West Zorra ... . 
WHIiuuishureli, Bones n Hill.......» 
Yarmouth, Nova Scotia-/. 
Kant York, Markham..,.. — .. 
Sheep - Killing Doga.-The American Stock 
Journal, speaking of these pestB, advises that 
every man watch his own dog- Sheep-killing 
propensities of dogs run m families. If a dog 
ever killed a sheep, he la Incurable by any other 
means than by a load pill, taken in the heart 
from the barrel of a rifle. Dogs nlwaye leave 
theh 1 master’s flock unmolested, and are seen 
returning from their neighbor’s farm, with an 
air that would seem to say, “ Ask me no ques¬ 
tions." Depredations of dogs are sufficiently 
expensive to repay any amount of care and 
caution. 
.Hopt. 13—16 
.Hept. 11 16 
sept.. 21-26 
.Hept. 21-411 
Sept. 20-22 
