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H. S. RANDALL, LL. D., EDITOR, 
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THE GREAT WOOLEN EXPOSITION. 
Exhibition of tin* Woolen 1 HannDietlire* of 
llm Wt'Nl ii n<l South lit liuliaiinpolii* Tin* 
Oix'oiiiu Speeches—Beautiful Ui»|ilay ol 
Goods. 
[Correnpoarteuce of the N. T. World.] 
Indianapolis, Aug. 4. 
Our beautiful city ltas for its guests, in 
this week of the mammoth textile exposition 
of the Northwest and South, men who rep¬ 
resent. some of the largest manufacturing in¬ 
terests of the country. We honor their vo¬ 
cations anil exult at their presence. We are 
doing, and will continue to do, everything 
we can to make the visit pleasant, and prof¬ 
itable. 
The Kink 
is the place of exhibition, and presents a va¬ 
riegated appearance. The goods are dis¬ 
played on temporary tables, between each 
row of which is an aisle constantly thronged 
with visitors, intent on examining and gen¬ 
erally praising the quality of the goods. 
The Opening. 
As early as the 37th of July fabrics began 
to arrive, although the exposition was not to 
opou until the 2d of August, and continue to 
reach us up to this writing. On the 2d hist, 
everything that hud arrived was arranged 
for exhibition. The formal opening took 
place on Wednesday morning at, the Rink, 
at which time speeches were made by promi¬ 
nent men in the manufacturing interests. 
Mr. W, 0, Taukincston, President of the 
Indianapolis Board of trade, in the capacity 
of Chairman, made the opening speech. 
“ To-day,” he said, “ we enter the lists as 
competitors of the East in the great race for 
supremacy in the manufactures of the two 
great sections—East and West.” 1 To spoke 
of the rapid growth of the Association, and 
thought if it was decided to hold its annual 
meetings in one place, that place should be 
Indianapolis. Mayor Macaulay made the 
welcome address on behalf of the city. He 
assured the exhibitors that it should he the 
business of the week to make the occasion 
one of pleasure as well ns profit. 
GeorgeS. Bowen, Esq.., President of the 
Association, next addressed the audience. 
He was glad .beyond expression to see so 
large a representation Irulil the South, and 
thought it, was a good omen. He thought 
the West could manufacture ns good articles 
as any section of the world. Governor 
Baker had no prepared speech, but came 
to witness the grand display of productions 
of Western and Southern looms. He, too, 
was pleased to see the South so fully repre¬ 
sented, and bid all present a hearty welcome. 
Dr. Bussey of Columbus, Georgia, thought 
the South and West have facilities foreXCel- 
ing the world in Urn extent of its manufac¬ 
tures. 
Mr. J. C. Stevens of Augusta, Ohio, 
President, of the Wool Growers’ Associa¬ 
tion, spoke next, lie was opposed to free 
trade, and insisted that its adoption would 
ruin the woolen interests of the United 
States. 
Mr. Giles B. Stebblns of Detroit, thought 
that in a hundred years from now the West 
and South would be far in advance of both 
New and Old England. He was pleased to 
notice that, the present exposition was better 
than those heretofore held. 
Remarks were also made by Hon. T. A. 
Hendricks, Rev. T. B Norton, John S. 
Hayes of Boston, and Mr. J. II. Lawks of 
Cincinnati. A line hand was in attendance, 
and enlivened the occasion no little. 
The Exposition 
is pronounced by all to be a success. The 
attendance is not so large, however, as last 
year, but the articles are said to be much 
finer. The show of looms, shawls, jeans, 
and cassimeres is much larger than last year. 
The total number of articles on exhibition is 
something like l wo thousand, which includes 
about one hundred and sixty shawls, six hun¬ 
dred and eighty pounds of cotton and wollen 
yarn, one hundred and twenty dozen pieces 
of braid, two hundred and eighty pairs of 
blankets, thirty samples of thread, besides 
large numbers of other articles manufactured 
from wool. J. H. & N. A. Williams, of 
Utica, N. Y., have on exhibition all kinds of 
supplies for cotton and woolen mills. 
Among those in attendance to-day we 
noticed Senator' Morton, Governor Baker, 
and nearly ull of our prominent business 
men. The Senator was not well enough to 
walk around the Rink, and we noticed 
several of the exhibitors carried articles to 
him for inspection. On Friday commences 
the sale. The llluk is constantly filled with 
visitors. Among the larger exhibits is that 
by the Davenport (Iowa) Woolen Mills, 
Joseph Shields proprietor. w. s. r. 
ProKi’CMH of flu* Exposition. 
Another correspondent of the N. Y. 
. World, under date of Aug. 5, says: 
“It was at. first intended to continue the 
woolen exposition until to-morrow afternoon, 
closing with a public auction sale of the goods; 
but it is to wind up to-day, having been in reali¬ 
ty but three days in actual existence; the first 
day not half the goods having come to hand. 
One great reason tYir this sudden winding up is 
that there aro no visitors to the exposit ion from 
a distance. To be sure, out own citizens go 
early and often to the Rink, but. there are few 
strange faces to be seen thereat, there having 
been no arrangement made to secure the atten¬ 
dance of strangers from abroad. We have 
about fourteen railroads centering at this point, 
with neighboring towns and cities by the score, 
and yet we have not. had aslngleexcursion train 
from any quarter during the exposit ion. There 
should have been t wo or three per day. Outside 
of our own citizens and the exhibitors from a 
distance, there have been few to visit the fail*, 
greatly to the disappointment, of those making 
displays, who were led to believe, this being a 
great railroad center, that there would be vast 
crowds in attendance. There is to ho no auc¬ 
tion of the goods, mid few private sales have 
been made. 
“ There are several Wool hern nulls represented, 
and the best r>f feeling exists between the West¬ 
ern and Southern exhibitors. At a meeting of 
the Southern manufacturers, resolutions of'grat¬ 
ification and thanks were tendered to the officers 
of the woolen exposition for the kind attention 
extended them, the rvmetnlimnonnl which will 
tend to strengthen the ordlal relations growing 
up between tlm West and South, identical in in¬ 
terest, and equally interested In perfecting man¬ 
ufacturing and other enterprises, bringing tln-m 
In honorable rivalry with the experienced East. 
** In nearly all the speeches that have yel been 
made, the South and Its manufacture* tmvu been 
very highly extolled.” 
At the time of this writing, (August 10,) 
we have not' seen any publication of the re¬ 
ports of the Committees, excepting a few of 
uo particular interest. 
Various speeches were made during the 
Expos'd ion. Among those reported fully or in 
part, we particularly notice the 
Speech ol' John 1.. 11 uye-, E-q., 
Secretary of the National Association of 
Wool Manufacturers, editor of the Bulletin of 
that. Association, Acc. it contains a most, in¬ 
teresting account of “ the present position of 
our woolen manufactures,” the facts being 
grouped together in his usual brilliant and 
felicitous style. But as similar statistics were 
recently-(July SO) published by us—from the 
Report of Hou. D. J. Morrell, In Congress 
—wo feel hardly at liberty to surrender the 
limited space of this department to them. 
After giving an account of the introduc¬ 
tion of Merinos in various parts of the world, 
Mr. Hayes speaks thus ou the following 
topics: 
A merlon ii .Merinos. 
SHEEP RAISING IN WESTERN 
NORTH CAROLINA. 
12 mo. 
ou the 
West - 
“I may say in regard to the Improvement 
which has been made in tills emmtry m thu cul¬ 
ture <>f sheep, that OUT American merinos, our 
best improved American sheep, produced more 
washed wool In 1840 Ilian they did of unwashed 
wool when first introduced, ami that they now 
produce twice the amount of scoured wool that 
the original Spanish slmep did. ft is one of ilia 
most productive sheep in I lie world. I may say 
Mini rim possession of the Merino fierce, which 
composes now a great, proportion of tlm fleece 
of t h is count ry, is to fabrics precisely what when t 
and flour aro to grain. We. may oat corn bread 
and rye bread occasionally, for a change, hut we 
all, in the lung run, have to come hack to wheat. 
So it is with Merino wool; It, is the great founda¬ 
tion of all fabrics, lla filler is Oner than any 
other. 'The greater the number of strands t here 
are in ft wire cable, the stronger it is; and just 
so. tbegmuar the number of fibers tbntnni con¬ 
tained In tv yarn of a given diameter, the greater 
will bo its strength. Merino wool constitutes 
the greatest portion of the cloths of the world ; 
it la the wool of which there is the highest ne¬ 
cessity.” 
Ellect of Wool Turin. 
We have recently received a 
pamphlet of twenty-four pages, 
Agricultural Resources, &c., of 
ern North Carolina, by II. P. Oatchkll, 
M. D., late editor of the Department of 
Climatology and Hygiene, in the U. S. Med¬ 
ical and Surgical Journal, &c., &c. On the 
subject of Sheep Raising in the mountain re¬ 
gion of Western North Carolina, Professor 
Gatchei.l makes the following very moder¬ 
ate 1 and, we believe, entirely correct state¬ 
ments ; 
“ This mountain region is better adapted 
to sheep raising than to any other pursuit. 
The sheep is more healthy, and is especially 
less subject to foot-rot, on its dry hill sides, 
than on the damper flat lands. And if the 
growth of grass is less luxuriant, the price of 
the mountain lauds is low in proportion; so 
that the same quantity of feed may be ob¬ 
tained for the same amount, of money, only 
spread over a greater surface. Bui. this is till 
the better for the flock, as the sheep prove 
more healthy with an extensive range. 
“ The mildness of the winters, too, while 
not equal to that of the lowlands, is such 
that, according to the statement of Mr. 
Woodvin, a large and successful farmer 
near Asheville, good mutton is furnished in 
winter by sheep I hat have subsisted on grass 
alone; though in. the keeping up of a 
good breed of sheep it is undoubtedly neces¬ 
sary to feed more or less during the three 
winter months; hut the expense of winter¬ 
ing must be much less than in Vermont, 
Minnesota, and Michigan. 
“ With the growth of cities in the South, 
a market near at hand can always be found 
for the mutton of the highlands, and wool 
is one of the agricultural products that bear 
distant transportation. Sheep raising, also, 
will contribute more toward needed im¬ 
provement. of the soil than any other method 
of farming.” 
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EXACTLY!—THE WOOL TRADE. 
TEXAS YSTLE IN ENGLAND. 
In the lust American Grocer, we find the 
following communication from Alex. S. 
Macrka, Anglo-American Produce Broker, 
Liverpool, Eng., under date of .luly 14: 
The object, of this circular is to stimulate, as 
notch as possible, the growth ami collection ol' 
this valuable fiber, ami to jiroiiiultpiie among 
the producers in Texas Die exact stun- of our 
European market, osilenionsimtcij in Liverpool. 
Unlike lhe past, the present uml future are re¬ 
plete with anconniftiittieht. 
Hitherto our largest supply of Ystle, tstle. 
Pita do Tampico, or Mexican fiber, (as it. is vari¬ 
ously designated,) Inis been drawn I'nnu Mexico, 
and within the last fortnight 1,000 tulles thence, 
about :J0U tons gross, have been sold hero. The 
only Texas Ystle that w< hav e received ho far, 
lifts come via New York, and, though most of it 
has been quite equal to the Mexican in quality, 
some of it, it. is to no regretted, lias been •■cooked” 
in New York, that is. the superior long fiber has 
been extracted, and the inferior shipped lie.rous 
tin* genuine article. 
In Europe weuso this product enormously for 
brush and broom making chiefly, for which pur¬ 
pose if H a large auxiliary or substitute for pias- 
sava. Wc can take thousands ot tons of it. The 
supply of both, however. Is at present quite in¬ 
adequate, and piHMftivu has advanced thirty to 
titty, ystle ten to twenty per cent. 
Tile value to-day ol ordinary to fine Texas 
ystle is till to £42 10s., equal to $1117 to gold 
per ton of 2,211) pounds, at which Hie Mexican 
sold. There Is no duty, and it sells readily, ex 
quay, as it arrives. 
II. is to bo hoped that, (lie agriculturists of 
Texas will see to this ystle. and also to its direct 
shipment to Europe. The Mexicans are gel ting 
rich upon It, and, as the river Rln Granite del 
Norte alone dlvim-s the. United States Hnrl Mexi¬ 
can territories, it. Is difficult lo imagine that 
there can he any geographical or physical rea¬ 
sons m prevent the Americans going ahead In 
its increased production with chuructemUc en¬ 
terprise. 
The last Texas shipment that we are advised 
of was one of one hundred and four bales, ex¬ 
ported by the Clara Wood house from Brazos, 
Texas, to New York, which lot is expected 
here. Interested parties can have samples of 
thu exact thing required, and further informa¬ 
tion, at any time, by writing me.” 
the average prospective yield per acre of 
which is, on the above-mentioned basis, 800 
lbs. 'Fhe average yield last year in most of 
these regions is well known to have been 
about 1,000 lbs. per acre. In a few it fell 
below that, and hence we venture to esti¬ 
mate last year’s average yield at 800 lbs. per 
acre, in all the districts above mentioned. 
It is well to observe that the total yield for 
this season will he further reduced by the 
number of acres well known to have been 
plowed tip last, spring in some <list riots, ns 
well as by all the burrs and “ nubbins,” 
which growers, who have any regard for 
their reputation, mav cause to be rejected in 
the process of picking. 
crbsnuw. 
A HEIFER WITn CATARRH. 
I HAVK ft two-year-old heifer which was taken 
soon after she was turned out to grass, with 
snuffles. She has spells of rubbing and pushing 
her nose against the fence, and blowing her nose. 
Sometimes a yellow, frothy discharge, and at 
Others a bloody discharge comes from it. Tho 
water runs from lu*r eyes, and she shakos her 
head. What is the matter, and vVhal will cure 
her? John Lamu. 
“I am coming now to my point, (and I tear 
you may think 1 am a long time in coming to 
it.) My point is this:—Our Merino wool culture 
was at one time on the point of being dust roj r d 
by the immense increase of the WoolprOfhtCt of 
South American countries—La Plata and Buenos 
Ayres. The increase within seven years was 
from sixteen ml 11 Iona to fifty-nine millions of 
pounds per annum. Tho wool growers and the 
wool manufacturers came toget her. 'I hero was 
Ht lh«l time no division or classification of tho 
grades of wool with respect to tho tariff doty, 
except upon the basis of tho price, and there 
was always an opportunii v to bring In the wool 
a little dirtier, and in that muiiricr avoid the 
proper duty. Instead of five cents por pound 
t he Importers of wool ami manufacturers paid 
practically but three cents. Tho wool growers 
demanded an tnorease on the duties on wool; 
the wool manufacturers assented; the wool du¬ 
ty was Increased from an average ol about three 
cents up to ton and eleven cents ad mhnrin , and 
the result was simply the salvation ol the 
growth of wool In this country. The wool 
growth laid grown so rapidly from the failure 
ot tho cotton crops or the country, that wlmu 
tho war closed if if had not been for this wool 
tariff rhere would have been sueli an importa¬ 
tion from tlm Southern Hemispheres as would 
hav© wiped out tho Merino Hacks of this coun¬ 
try—^One of the most important of our material 
resources. The wool tariff saved if. Before iho 
tariff was applied the Importation ot wool from 
Buenos Ayres and tho Capo of Good Hope wus 
ry-si.x thousand bales; in me next year after 
till 
the woolen tariff went Into operation, the im¬ 
portations were only about seven thousand 
halos, so iHat there was actually a saving to this 
country of thirty thousand bales of wool. Of 
course I need not tell you that it was tho salva¬ 
tion of the wool-growing interests of this 
country.” 
Effect ef Woolen Tariff. 
“ Nevertheless thu manufacturers were much 
troubled about, this tariff. They accepted it at 
first as a necessity, but yet the demands of the 
wool growers for ibis increased duty proved to 
be really the salvation of the wool manufacturer. 
The fair demand ot the manufacturer was that 
ho should be placed la the sa.ne position us If he 
had hla wool Still free f-ora duty, and accord¬ 
ingly a neutralizing duty was placed upon cloth 
—fifty cents per yard, to offset the duty of 
twelve cents per pound on wool; it taktngiibout 
four pounds of wool upou the average to make 
a yard of cloth. As the tariff went into opera¬ 
tion the wool manufacturer foil its Operation, 
first. This fifty cents per yard on clolb was a 
barrier that was raised against the importation 
of foteigo cloths, and bat for the demands of 
tho wool grower for protection to his interests, 
the manufacturer would not have hud the bene¬ 
fit of it. The result has been to shutout Europ¬ 
ean goods and to build up mu* home manufac¬ 
tures as no 11 1 i t tg eve r d i d before. To llm demands 
of the wool growers we owe the best protection 
Hint has ever been given to our manufacturers. 
8 :iid an intelligent manufacturer to me the 
other day : —" 1 have boon manufacturing wool 
for thirty years, and this is tlm first time tho 
plug has ever been in." 
At the conclusion of Mr, Hayes’ speech, 
resolutions were passed complimenting the 
Southern manufacturers present, and “ their 
well directed efforts to build up the manu¬ 
facturing interests of Hint section;" also 
resolutions in favor of protecting home in¬ 
dustry. The closing incidents of the Ex¬ 
position arc not before us. 
In an article in the U. S. Economist, writ¬ 
ten in the Interest of the Eastern wool deal¬ 
ers, the fact is stated that manufacturers had 
gone West to buy wool, “ while Eastern 
dealers prefer to slay at home.” 
Of course they do; for if they should 
conic here, they must pay the wool grower 
his price or not get, Ids wool; hut if they can 
keep the manufacturer at home and per¬ 
suade the growers to consign their wool to 
them, (the dealers,) then they can manipu¬ 
late the matter to suit themselves. They are 
sure of storage and commission, and how ! 
much more they get, the producer never 
knows. The writer proceeds lo say: 
“ We suppose fanners hold for the best 
prices, and we can find no fault with them 
for trying to sell their wool at, tho best rates, 
this is the duty of every one ; yet we do not 
see why a buyer should pay more for an ar¬ 
ticle than it is worth, simply because he is a 
buyer. Men had better do nothing than 
trade at it loss, though this lias been the fate 
of numbers the past few years. * * * It is 
time that this was stopped.” 
Exactly I Let them quit, and let the 
manure lurer come directly to tlm producer 
and buy his wool. He can transport it to 
his mills (by shipping in large lots) cheaper 
than they can send it in limit* small parcels 
to the commission merchant, in which case 
the manufacturer might save tint full amount 
of storage, commission, and at least a part of 
the drayage. 
All the profits of the dealer — the middle 
man—may be divided between the manufac¬ 
turer and the producer, arid thus both he 
gainers by this manner of doing business. 
Since the manufacturers show a disposition 
lo go to the producers for supplies, let the 
mere traders quit and go at some productive 
labor.— St. Lows Journal of Agriculture. 
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Our readers, many of them, will fail to 
recognize the plant talked of by tlm name 
above given. Our last years’ subscribers, 
however, will remember we gave (sec page 
J 44 Rural New-Yorker, May 21), and 
page ii58 Aug. 28, 1808) engravings and de¬ 
scription of the Agave Americana o r "Cen¬ 
tury Plant,” which is the identical Ystle, 
Islle, or Pita mentioned above. The, liber 
from this plant is Obtained by the macera¬ 
tion of its leaves, which arc live to seven 
feet. long. This liber is known in Mexico 
and the South as maguey, and is used for the 
manufacture of thread, twine, ropes, ham¬ 
mocks, &c. The Mexicans also manufac¬ 
ture a coarse paper from it, and the Lncuans 
use it for oakum. It is also known as Pita 
flax, and is grown to some extent in the 
South of HJurope. In Italian Switzerland, 
it is grown for fences—is easily propagated 
from suckers. 
FIELD NOTES. 
New York Hop Prospect*. 
Emmet Wells’ Hop Circular of August 
12llt contains the following:—A member of 
a firm in this city, prominently engaged in 
the hop trade, bus recently returned from a 
HANDLING SHEEP IN THE WEST. 
A. M. Garland of Illinois, in the Western 
Rural, says:—“Werecci-c frequent inqui¬ 
ries as to the cheapest mode of handling 
sheep, and keeping them in good condition, 
through the fall and winter seasons. If one 
has a flock sufficiently large to justify tho 
expense—say 500 and upward—the best plan 
is to place it in charge of a herder, and pur¬ 
chase the privilege of pasturing the ufter- 
matb, or second growth, of meadows that are 
not fenced, as such can be bought much 
cheaper titan when fenced—being almost 
valueless for other stock than sheep. With 
a light feed of grain, after October first, sheep 
have been found to thrive well trader this 
treatment until first to middle of December. 
A man with a good dog can easily handle in 
this way, 1,000 or 1,200 sheep, and tlm ex¬ 
pense to owners of smaller flocks could he 
materially reduced by combining them, and 
dividing the cost according to numbers. If 
possible, we would buy a few acres of stand¬ 
ing corn adjoining the grass, and for half an 
hour each afternoon let the sheep into it, to 
get their feed of grain. Unless in wet weath¬ 
er, and the ground muddy, very little waste 
will be found attending such a course—cer¬ 
tainly not so great as to equal the expense of 
gathering and hauling.” 
personal inspection of hop yards in Ibis 
State — in Oneida, Madison, Otsego and 
Schoharie counties. We are favored with a 
few figures showing what, in his opinion, is 
likely to be the maximum yield this season 
of the regions visited. In making these es¬ 
timates it should be understood that all burrs 
yet undeveloped into hops, all partially de¬ 
veloped. and all the present, show of fruit ou 
the vines, are expected to reach maturity 
and safely go through the many changes to 
which the crop is liable before harvest. The 
estimates are predicated <m the actual present 
existence of vines and the show of burr and 
hops on them, In the various yards. It has 
been supposed that the thousands of hare 
poles visible in the most favored regions 
could be so affected by genial weather as to 
put forth fruitful arms from their dry and 
barren sides; but it is considered, in reach¬ 
ing a conclusion, that all the burrs will ma¬ 
ture and become wholesome hops. 
ic the region extending from Oneida. 
Depot through tue tyjwiio of Lenox Stock- 
bridge, Eaton, Hamilton and Madison, tu 
Madison county, and in the towns of Au¬ 
gusta and Vernon, in Oneida county, 139 
yards were 6een, containing 715 acres; aver¬ 
age prospective yield per acre, 4G5 lbs. 
Through the towns of Vernon, Augusta, 
Marshall and Sangertteld, in Oneida county 
to Waterville, 109 yards were seen, contain¬ 
ing 876 acres; average prospective yield per 
acre, 404 U>s. From Waterville through the 
towns of Bridgewater, Oneida county; 
Winfield and Columbia, Herkimer county; 
Richfield, Springfield uud Otsego, in Otsego 
county to Ooopersiown, 104 yards were seen, 
containing 476 acres; average prospective 
yield per acre, 348 lbs. From Cooperslown, 
through the towns of Middlefield, Hart wick, 
Milford, Maryland and Worcester, in Otsego 
county ; Richmond ville, in Schoharie county 
to Cobleskill, 153 yards were, seen, contain¬ 
ing 758 acres; average prospective yield per 
We judge the heifer lins the catarrh, 
which often results from exposure to wet 
and cold,or from the food being of bad quali¬ 
ty or deficient lit quantity. Dr. Dadd 
Sftys: —“It is necessary to attend to this dis¬ 
order as soon ns it makes its appearance; for 
a common cold, neglected, often lays the 
foundation of consumption. On the other 
hand, a little attention in the early stages, 
and before sympathetic action sets in, would 
set, all right. The first indication lo ho fid- 
tilled is to invite action to the surface by fric¬ 
tion and counter-irritants. The following 
liniment may ho applied to the feet and 
throat:—Olive oil, four ounces; oil of cedar, 
one ounce; liquid ammonia, half an ounce. 
Rub the mixHirein well; then give gruel, 
■me quart; powdered licorice, one ounce; 
composition, half a teaspoonful. Give this 
at a close, and reoeat two or three times dur¬ 
ing the twenty-iour hours. A drink of any 
warm, aromatic tea, such as pennyroyal, hys¬ 
sop, catnip or anise-seed will have a good 
effect. 
The diet should consist of scalded meal, 
boiled carrots, flaxseed, or any substance 
that is light and easy of digestion. Should 
the discharge increase and the eyelids swell, 
recourse must be had to vapor, which may 
be raised by pouring vinegar bn a hot brick; 
the latter held, with a pair of tongs, beneath 
the animal’s nose, at the same time covering 
the head with a. blanket. A small quantity 
of bayberry bark may occasionally be blown 
up the nostrils from a quill. It is very im¬ 
portant, during tlm treatment, that the ani¬ 
mal be in a warm situation, with a good bed 
of straw lo rest on. If the glands under the 
jaw enlarge, the following mixture should 
be rubbed about the throat:—Neat’s foot oil, 
lour ounces; hot drops, two ounces; vinegar, 
one gill. 
If the disease assumes a chronic form, and 
the animal is evidently losing flesh, then give 
the following:—Golden seal, powdered, one 
tablespoonfhl; caraway seeds, one table¬ 
spoonful. Divide into three parts; which 
may he given daily, (in thin gruel,) until the 
animal is convalescent.” 
ARE TWIN CALVES GOOD 
BREEDERS? 
acre, 253 lbs. From Cobleskill village, 
through the towns of Cobleskill, Middle- 
burgh and Schoharie, in Schoharie county, 
«5 yards were seen, containing 379 acres; 
average prospective yield per aero, 298 lbs. 
In these several routes were seen 3,204 acres, 
In reply to an inquiry whether twin 
calves of the same sex are apt to be barren, 
or whether barrenness Is the. result of the 
opposite sexes of tho twins, Iho veterinary 
editor of the North British Agriculturist 
says:—“Calves born as twins, when of ihc 
same sex, breed as regularly and readily as 
those which come at a single birth, and of¬ 
ten inherit the fecundity of lheir parents. 
When, however, a bull and heifer culf come 
together at one birth, the heifer, in a large 
proportion of cases, never breeds. Such 
animals, spoken of by old Roman writers as 
Tacr.'E, are popularly known as free mar¬ 
tins, and often assume masculine characters, 
are short and rough-like about the head, 
but seldom have any appearances connected 
with their generative organs sufficient to ac¬ 
count for their not breeding. A few of these 
martin heifers d , however, breed, but prob¬ 
ably not more tliau one out of every eight 
or ten. Bulls born along with heifers do 
not seem ‘. labor under any disadvantage 
in procreating their species. It has been 
stated, but without sufficient evidence of 
fact, that the martin heifer is more likely to 
breed if slm happens to he born before in¬ 
stead of after her twin brother. Twin 
lambs, although of different sexes, unliko 
the martin heifers, breed regularly. Amongst 
clogs, cats, and other animals where many 
young of both sexes are produced at a birth, 
there appears no imperfection in the procre¬ 
ative powers of the female offspring. The 
barrenness which so generally clings to the 
martin heifer has no counterpart in the hu- 
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man species. 
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