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n. S. RANDALL, I.L. D., EDITOR, 
Op COBTI.AND VlLLAGt, CoBTLAND COUNTY, N KW \ ORK. 
CLASSIFICATION OF MERINOS 
At N, Y. State Fair. 
It will be remembered that we published, 
Oct. 23d, portions of a Protest, signed by 
some of the most respectable breeders of 
American Merinos in the State of New 
York, against the action of the State Agri¬ 
cultural Society in placing all Merinos in the 
P one class at (lielate State Fair, while coarse 
atooI sheep were divided into several classes; 
in declining to remove from the Viewing 
Committee or Judges on Merinos a member 
who was notoriously strongly opposed to 
American as compared with Silesian Meri¬ 
nos, and who openly and in disrespectful 
terms denounced the former at the Fair, be¬ 
fore acting on the Viewing Committee; and 
the Protest also declared that the Committee 
passed by without examination several pens 
of American Merinos. In our article of 
Oct. 23d. we said : 
“ We have taken the liberty of srlvlnsr tbosub- 
gtnnce Of the paper. Instead of Kivin* it, at pres¬ 
ent, entire. because if furnishes the names or 
ll,e individuals on the Viewing Committee, 
whose action is censured, and cites the oinoc- 
lionnblo langmur" alleged to have been used by 
one of them: and wu tntnk it will be better.if 
nut fairer, to bear both sides at the same time, 
nrov id'il the iilleicutione are denied. For tliis 
purpose, wcslui 11 torward those allegations, by 
letter, to the party implicated.” 
On reflection, we concluded to do more 
than ibis—to obtain (Von} official sources the 
classification of sheep .at. the Fair, the names 
of the Judges on Merinos originally ap¬ 
pointed, the names of those who served, 
&c. And trusting, as we formerly stated, 
that certain allegations contained In the 
Protest might “ rest on some error or mis¬ 
apprehension,” we called on one of the sign¬ 
ers of it to give us the alleged fuels circum¬ 
stantially on the direct and positive evidence 
of some of those who saw or heard those 
facts. 
On applying to the Secretary of the So¬ 
ciety for the classification, names of Judges, 
&c., we received the following: 
N. Y. ST ATT'. .VrutiCtrr.TintAT, Society, I 
Al.UAMY, October 13t h, 1870. » 
Hon. H. S. It and a i.i., CurUiiud Village.-Dear 
of,. • Your letter of 8th is received and I send 
you a premium list by this mail. The Judies* of 
inerinos appointed were II. D. 'I rllKumpt ol 
Jjew York and J. V. tinker, Jr. of Comstock’s 
Landiie-r. Ur. Tinker was unexpeuicdl.v absent 
rm I the Commltiec was Increased to three in 
consequence of anticipated dltliculty in making- 
tuc awards. The .Indues wlto nerved were Mr. 
TeUkampf, Mr. Anthony MoiTman of Pino 
Plains, I Intel loss Co., and Mr. Walter Cole of 
Batavia. Your truly, 
T. L. Haiuson, Sec y. 
The premium list forwarded by Mr. 
II Arison shows that long wooled sheep were 
divided into throe Classes:—Leicestcre, Cola- 
wolds and Lincolns—and premiums amount¬ 
ing to $150 were offered to each of these 
varieties—in the aggregate $450. Middle 
wooled sheep were divided into South 
Downs, Shropshire Downs, and Hampshire 
Downs, and in the aggregate were offered 
$300 in premiums. Meriuos were all in¬ 
cluded in a single class and were offered $170 
in premiums!!* 
Mr. Tei.i.Kamtt, chairman of the Viewing 
Committee on Merinos, was the member of 
that body alleged to have denounced the 
American Merinos in advance of his official 
examination of them, and whom it was at¬ 
tempted to get removed from the committee 
on that account. We placed before him the 
language imputed to him in the Protest— 
nearly word for word as given by Mr. Ray 
below—and received the following reply: 
New YORK. Oct. i t, 1870. 
Hon. Henry S. H inihi.i, Cortland Village,N. Y. 
Dim■ Sir :—I have your favor of 13th hint., and 
thank yon for your courtesy in giving me the 
opport unitv to refute 'or explain Mm char wen 
brought against my conduct as judge by several 
breeders ol American Merinos. 
My opinions as to the comparative value of 
the Sil.-iluu and American Merinos wore well 
known before my appointment us Judge of line 
wool sheep at the Utica Fair, as they had Insert 
presented in print. They were not considered 
sufficient to render me Ineligible for the office. 
I simply reiterated ray views in friendly conver¬ 
sation. 
As to tho reasons for deciding Mr. Chamber¬ 
lain's flock entitled to theflrsfc prize, I have only 
to refer vou to the resolution of tho Society 
making the omiUly of wool tho teat as to the 
superiority of the sheep. 
1 regret exceedingly to have been deprived of 
the pleasure of seeing you personally at Utica, 
which I had anticipated. 
Very respect fully yours, 
H. D. Tellkampf. 
From Mr. Ray, one of the signers of the 
Protest, we asked personal evidence of the 
statements contained in that paper, and re¬ 
ceived the following answer: 
Hem cook Lake, N, Y., Oct. 15, 1870. 
Hon. H. S. Bandam *.—My Dew str: Your 
favor of the 13>h wa* received to-night, and I 
make basic to reply. 
Mr. Tellharnpf otimo to the pens noon pled by 
Ray Brothers’ sheep the morning of the first 
day of i he,Fair, before tho Committee on Meri¬ 
nos had coninirueeii examining tho sheep, and 
Used the following language in the conversation 
that took plnoo bet ween him and myself: “Your 
sheep up nor good. The wool Ls too coarse On 
the wrinkles. (He used another term to express 
what we call the wool on wrinkles.) It will nor. 
take the color to make plain doth, Ac., Stv, YOU 
must put them aside and get the Silesiatifl: Your 
rums are good for not hing bur to cross on the 
open wooled sheep of Texas mid California.” I 
immediately reported what he bad said to me 
about our sheep to Mr. S. W. Smith of Albion, 
t. the Superintendent pf sheep. He directed mo 
, to repeat wlmt Tellkampf had said to me to Mr, 
H. T. Taber of Boslyn, the executive ollieer of 
. * To fat sheep and prude iwes bred chiefly for innt- 
ton, premiums amounting to t'.-l, were ottered; to 
madu merinos, Ac., bred chiefly for wool, 136. 
that department. Mr. Peter Martin of Rush 
was present 'luring the conversation with Mr. 
Tuber. We both objected U> Tellkampf as a 
member of the Committee, in Consequence of 
what lie had said atmnt our sheep. Wo both 
made the request to be allowed to withdraw our 
sheep from competition If he remained on the 
Committee. Mr. I’hutnbcrlniu came to ids sheep 
pens about Otis time, uml Mr. Tuber entered into 
conversation with him about the matrer. He 
(Chamberlain) was very much displeased when 
he learned we objected to Tellkampf, ami threat¬ 
ened to never exhibit another sheen at 'tie Fair 
if he was removed front the Committee. In ttiu 
course of the conversation then taking place, I 
remarked that if the ExaCuthe Committee 
should divide the sheep into two classes, as they 
were last year, and divide the amount ol money 
they had offered as premiums hcl.woen them. I 
would bo satisfied. Mr. Martin expressed him¬ 
self In like manner. 
Mr. Chamberlain said hr- was a member of the 
Executive Committee, and would attend tho 
meeting of the Board that evening, when the 
subject would be brought up, and would do all 
in Ids power to bring about such a result. I 
have no doubt he redeemed his pledge to the 
letter. Mr. Taber was to state to the Board our 
objections to Tellkampf. and repeat what ho 
bad said about onr sheep its the grounds ot out- 
object ions. Mr. Taber told roc I he next morn¬ 
ing that, he stated ibe case to the Board as we 
hinl stated It to him, and told them just what 
Tellkampf had said to me about the sheep, lie 
said the Beard had decided to lot the classes and 
premiums remain as they were; that they-annul 
not remove TcIlkHirtiif: Unit he wits Indiscreet 
in what he sani to mo about the sheep, but was 
fumest; Unit, a iliirii man would be put on the 
the Committee, &c. I rallied with a member of 
the Executive Committee, and he corrohomled 
what. Taber bad told me as to the action of the 
Board, so l have no doubt that Taber stated our 
objections and all I he facts to them. I assisted 
in getting the old rams into a ring to be exam¬ 
ined by the committee (this was tho second 
morning of the Fair.) Tellkumpf did not- ex¬ 
amine Mr. Martin's old ram. The Committee 
did not examine two pens of yearling ewes be* 
longing to us and the •. curling ewes of Mr. Mar¬ 
tin. Mr. Cole, one of the Committee, told us 
that Tollkampf nod Ills other associate said to 
him, In substance. Unit when the Silesians filled 
the class so as to lake all the premiums, they 
would itQfcgive any premiums to the AniuiTcan 
Merinos. Tellkumpf told them it was useless to 
spend til® time In examinlniog them, and lienee 
tlieir neglect to do so. I will write to Mr. Colo 
nod get his statement about the matter. 1 hayo 
thus written you a history ot the case in detail. 
You are at liberty to use the tacts herein con¬ 
tained ns you think best. 
Yours, very truly, John P. Ray. 
Messrs. Tellkampf and Ray art; both 
gentlemen of high standing and unques¬ 
tionable veracity. The former is the head 
of a large wool house in New York, lms had 
long experience in handling wool, and is 
undoubtedly an excellent judge of its qual¬ 
ity. Mr. Ray is an American Merino 
breeder of reputation ; lias been for some 
years Secretary of the Wool Growers’ As¬ 
sociation of Ontario and Livingston coun¬ 
ties; and, we have been informed by those 
who saw them, exhibited some prime speci¬ 
mens of American Merinos at I he State Fair. 
Mr. Tellkampf is entirely correct in say 
ing that bis “opinions as to the comparative 
value of the Silesian and American Merinos, 
were well known before his appointment." 
They have appeared in this and other jour¬ 
nals over his signature. We have repeated¬ 
ly heard them from bis own lips, bis denun¬ 
ciations of the American family being ex- 
pressed in quite as lively terms as those 
employed in his conversation with Mr. Ray. 
And if the “ reasons" be gives for his decis¬ 
ion are correct, there can be no doubt the 
decision itself was correct- Ho says:—“As 
to the reasons for deciding Mr. CrrAMBEU- 
lain’s fiock entitled to the first prize, I ham 
only to refer you to the, resolution of the- Society 
making the quality of wool the test, as to the su¬ 
periority of the sheep." Has the Slate Society 
made such a rule? We do not find iton the 
premium list. But it may be on its records. 
If so, it fully justifies the action of Mr. Tell- 
kamff and bis asseiate, Mr. Hoffman, for 
every sheepman knows iliat Silesian Merino 
wool is of a higher quality than American 
Merino wool. And lmd there been a lot of 
the finest fleeced Saxon Merinos on tiie 
ground, they would, under the same rule, 
have as easily beaten the Silesians. Uuder 
this rule, form, constitution, weight of car¬ 
cass, and weight of fleece would go tor noth¬ 
ing'—quality of wool being solely regarded. 
According Lo this standard, the little, mis¬ 
erable, feeble, two-pound fleeced Saxon of 
thirty years ago would be better entitled lo 
the encouragement of our State Agricultural 
Society than the best American or Silesian 
Merinos! There are, comparatively speak¬ 
ing, but a handful of Silesians in the State, 
and perhaps still fewer pure Saxons. The 
consumption of the grades of wool produced 
by these varieties is vastly less than that of 
the coarser wool produced by the American 
Merino, and consequently the demand for 
the former is proportionally less. A great 
majority of our Merino wool growers—as we 
suppose they have a right lo do—prefer the 
American sheep. Is it then for the State 
Agricultural Society practically to withhold 
all encouragement from the latter, by putting 
it out of their power to obtain a single premi¬ 
um at its Fairs, if Silesians or Saxons enough 
are exhibited to fill the classes? This, too, 
where throe classes of English long wools, 
and three classes of English-middle wools 
receive separate premiums I Is a variety of 
sheep to he totally ignored at our State Fairs 
in which vastly more of the agricultural cap¬ 
ital of the Slate is invested, than in any other 
single variety—perhaps ten times as much as 
is invested in most of the other single varie¬ 
ties included in tho State prize list? 
In our article of Oct. 22d, we stated our 
impressions of the character and animus of 
the State Agricultural Society as represented 
by its Executive Committee. Nor have we 
yet changed our views. But we think it 
made a grave mistake in limiting fine wool 
sheep to one class, and in offering them less 
than a-fourth the amount in premiums offer¬ 
ed to coarse wool sheep. And if the rule 
acted under by Messrs. TELLKAMPF and 
Hoffman is really the rule of the Society, 
we esteem it a still graver mistake. But 
we sincerely hope it will he made to appear 
that these gentlemen acted under an erro¬ 
neous impression. 
|i)c Apiarian. 
ARTIFICIAL IMPREGNATION. 
Qkn, Adair of Kentucky, is reported in 
the Country Gentleman as having said at 
the Ohio Stale Fair that his plan was to 
raise the queens in nuclei, and before the 
fiffU day, to place a cage on Mm hive so that 
the bees would ho compelled to pass through 
it on going out, but so contracting the outer 
entrance that only the workers could get 
into the open air, intercepting the queen 
and the drones In the cage. The cage must 
be kept perfectly dark. By this arrange¬ 
ment lie succeeded in fertilizing the first 
thirty queens lie tried. The next twenty- 
live failed, and although the queens and 
drones would resort to tho cage every even¬ 
ing, none were fertilized for two weeks. He 
opened the entrances one evening alter the 
drfines from other hives had gone in for the 
night, and out flew queens and drones. 
Thus these queens were all impregnated by 
what is known as the Kohler method, with¬ 
out the trouble and inconvenience of placing 
the hives in a dark cellar for several days, as 
is usual in the Kohler method. It demon¬ 
strated that the Kohler method did not re¬ 
quire the worker bees to he confined. 
Mr. Adair said Mint since the fall flowers 
were beginning to yield honey, he is again 
fertilizing in confinement. He thinks that 
its success depends on whether the bees are 
gathering honey or not, as when the work¬ 
ers arc tumble to get. any honey, they stay 
at home and worry the drones so much that 
they are too intimidated in confinement to 
be of any use. Another fact he had noticed 
was that although a queen was fertilized in 
confinement, she will, whenever the en¬ 
trance is widened sufficiently, take a flight, 
hut he had never known one to return hear¬ 
ing any indications of copulation. He 
thinks such exercise necessary, and that it 
should not be prevented. 
Mr. MiTcnELL and others concurred in 
the fact that the queen does leave the hive 
alter fertilization, and after laying worker 
eggs. 
Mr. Tiniiis of Kentucky, has no difficul¬ 
ty in fertilizing queens by the Adair method, 
having never failed hut once, and that was 
the first lime. He would not then have 
failed, hut, becoming impatient, he released 
his queen too soon. 
Dr. Conklin had tried the Mitchell plan, 
but had failed, and had abandoned the idea 
of fertilizing In confinement, until lately, 
when he had seen such an accumulation of 
evidence as to its practicability, that he in¬ 
tends to try it again. 
-- 
BEE NOTES AND QUERIES. 
About Hybrids. 
A. Wilson in the Rural New-York¬ 
er, Oct. 1st, asks for information concern¬ 
ing hybrids. Regarding the distance that 
queens or drones will go from the hive, ex¬ 
perience fully establishes the fact that they 
will meet, when located three miles apart, 
and even farl,her; bul it is difficult to say 
which travels the greater distaucc. The 
indications of a hybrid colony are, that 
some of the workers are marked with the 
yellow hands, and others not. at all. Should 
all he marked with any degree of uniformi¬ 
ty it indicates pure blood. I do not imag¬ 
ine that it. makes any difference with the 
color or marking- of hybrids, whether the 
cross is between an Italian queen and na¬ 
tive drone, or native queen and Italian 
drone. In the former case the drone prog¬ 
eny will he pure Italian, as Mr. W. says. 
“Removing llive* in the Day Time.” 
The Rural New-Yorker of Oct. 8th 
1ms just come to hand, and the paragraph 
concerning “ Removing hives in tho day 
time” attracts my attention, and calls for a 
; response. The writer must certainly be ig¬ 
norant of the fact that when a hive is lo¬ 
cated in the spring the bees mark the spot, 
, much after the fashion that we become fa- 
, miliar with any new home, by observing 
> surrounding objects; and when once settled, 
f go forth and return without, hesitation, 
i Hence if the hive be moved, night or day, 
fora few feet or rods, they will inevitably 
• return to the “home” and be lost, or stray 
i into neighboring hives and he destroyed. 
It is not safe to move them much less than 
two miles, and then it is not always without 
• loss. Stocks thus moved should not Ik: set 
closely together. If it Is essential to move a 
hive a few feet, let. it he done by very slow 
s stages—moving a few inches each day, and 
t. so little that the general appearance of the 
surroundings ls not materially changed from 
j time to time.— 31. Quinby, St Johnmlle, N. Y. 
ffc Satimilist. 
CABBAGE INSECTS. 
[Concluded from ptige 283. lar.t number.] 
About the last of 3Iay numerous speci¬ 
mens of this species may be seen over cab¬ 
bage, radish, or turnip beds, or patches of 
mustard, where, on the underside of the 
leaves, it deposits its eggs. These arc yel¬ 
lowish, nearly pear-shaped, longitudinally 
ribbed, and one-fifteenth of an inch in diam¬ 
eter, and are laid seldom more than two or 
three together. In a week or ten days t he 
young caterpillars are hatched ; in three 
weeks more they have attained their full 
growth, which is an inch and one-half long. 
Being slender and green (see Fig. 4, a,) they 
are not readily distinguished from the leaves 
on which they live. They taper a little to¬ 
ward each end, and are densely covered with 
hairs. They begin to eat indiscriminately 
on any part of the leaf. When they have 
completed the feeding stage they quit the 
plants and retire beneath palings, etc., where 
thep spin a little tlift of silk, entangle their 
hindmost feet in it, and then proceed to form 
a loop to sustain the front pari of the body 
in a horizontal or vertical position. Bend¬ 
ing its head on one side the caterpillar fas¬ 
tens to the surface, beneath the middle of 
its body, a silken thread, which it carries 
across its hack and secures on the other side, 
and repeats this operation until a hand, or 
loop, of sufficient strength is formed. On the 
next day it, casts off the caterpillar skin and 
f becomes a chrysalis (Fig. 5.) This is 
a pale green, and sometimes of a 
white color, regularly and finely dot¬ 
ted with black; the sides of the body 
are angular, the head is surmounted 
by a conical tubercle, and over the, 
forepart of Mie body, corresponding 
Fro. 5. (| 10 tLorax of tho included butter¬ 
fly, is a thin projection, having in profile some 
resemblance to a Roman nose. The insect, re¬ 
mains in this stage for ten or twelve days, 
when the butterfly appears. 
In the last of July and first of August, 
these insects may be seen in large numbers 
depositing their eggs for a second brood, 
which wintering in the pupa state produces 
the perfect insect the following 31ay. 
cents per head. The “worm” referred to 
was doubtless t he species under considera¬ 
tion. It abounds in many parts of Missouri, 
and especially in the truck gardens around 
large cities, w here it, prove® quite destructive 
to the cabbages. 
The larva (Fig. 7, A) may be summarily 
described as a soft worm, of a greenish-blue 
color, with four longitudinal yellow stripes, 
and covered with black dots. When newly 
hatched it is of a uniform orange color, with 
a black head, hut it becomes dull brown be¬ 
fore the first, moult, though the longitudinal 
stripes and black spots are only visible after 
said moult has taken place. 
The chrysalis (Fig. 7, B) averages 0-65 
inches in length, and is as variable, in depth 
of ground color as the larva. The general 
color is light bluish-gray, more or less in¬ 
tensely speckled with black, with the ridges 
and prominences edged with buff or with 
flesh-color, and having large black dots. 
\ _ 
Fig. 8.— Color—Black and white. 
The female butterfly, (Fig. 6,) as was 
stnted, differs remarkably from the male, 
which wo represent at. Fig. 8. It. will be 
seen, upon comparing these figures, that the 
female is altogether darker than the male. 
This sexual difference in the appearance is 
purely coloralionnl, however, and there 
should not he the difference m the form of 
the wings which the two figures would indi¬ 
cate, for the hind wings in our male cut are 
altogether too short and rounded. 
This insect may he found In nil its differ¬ 
ent stages through the months of July, Au¬ 
gust and September. It hyhcrnat.es in the 
chrysalis state. We do not know that it 
feeds on anything hut cabbage; but we once 
found a male chrysalis fastened to a stalk of 
the common nettle, (Safannm cwrolinese ,) 
which w as growing in a cemetery with no 
cabbages within at least a quarter of a mile. 
Before concluding tliis article, we cannot 
too strongly urge upon our Western readers 
to do all in their power to prevent, the ad¬ 
vent of the Rape butterfly in their midst. It 
is more to he dreaded than any of the others, 
and by stringent, measures may easily he 
prevented from gaining a foothold in any 
locality. Be on your guard ! 
Ftourb «. 
By taking advantage of the habits of 
these insects, they might he nearly extermi¬ 
nated. If hoards are placed among the m- 
Fjottre o. 
Figure 9 is the Harlequin Cabbage-bug, 
(Strachia histrionica, IIahn,) so called from 
the gay theatrical haricquin-like manner in 
fasted plants, about two inches above the w,lich t,,e yellow colors are ar- 
ground, the caterpillars when about to 
change will resort, to them, and there under¬ 
go their metamorphoses. They may then 
ranged upon its hotly. The first account of 
the operations of this very pretty but unfor¬ 
tunately very mischievous bug, appeared in 
be collected by hand on the underside of the . Vf,;ir I860, from the able pen of Dr. 
hoards and destroyed. As the butterflies are Gideon Linoecum of Washington county, 
slow fliers, they may be taken in a net and Texas, and were printed in the Practical 
killed. A short handle, perhaps four feet Entomologist, (Yol. I, p. 110.) He says: 
long, with a wire hoop and bag-net, of mus- “ Thfi P etfe <* Insect lives through the win- 
lln, or mosquito netting, are all that are re- tor . and is rraf1 V to deposit, its eggs as early 
qttired to make this useful implement, the as ’* ,e March, or sooner, it it finds 
total cost of Which need not be more than an y cruciform plant, large enough. They 
fifty nr ‘K'VII'V -live CCntS. Tim tftmonse is «•'' their eggs rm end in two rows, fomented 
said to eat the larva, and should, therefore, together, mostly on the underside of the 
be protected and encouraged. leaf, and generally from eleven to twelve in 
said to eat the larvae, and should, therefore, together, mostly on the underside of the 
be protected and encouraged. leaf, and generally from eleven to twelve in 
number. In about six days in April— 
/r\ ( s —' j) four days in July—there hatches out 
y 'v JlfclfM .i M from these eggs a brood of larvio resem- 
fjjmh. bling the perfect insect, except in having 
JfflJr 1)0 wings. Fills brood immediately be- 
aISM gins the work of destruction by piercing 
J "'"Jim, a jsmgpr B and sucking the life sap from the leaves; 
/ and in twelve days they have matured. 
f Mu- rjisg::. IPp j They are timid, and will run off and hide 
( JF f] behind the first leaf-stem, or any part of 
" '* v —^ MW I \J v the plant that will answer tAe pur- 
v pose. The leaf that they puncture im- 
Fig. 7.-Color-(A) Greenish-blue, yellxm and mediately wills, like the effects of poison, 
black; (B) light bluish-gray. and soon withers. Half a dozen grown 
insects will kill a cabbage in a day. 
As the Southern representative of the They continue through the summer, and 
genus, we will briefly add an illustrated ac- sufficient perfect insects survive the winter 
count of the Southern Cabbage Butterfly, to.ensure a full crop of them for the coming 
(Picris protodice, Boisd.) Mr. S. H. Se odder, ^ 
from an examination of a large number of « This tri t, e of insects do not seem liable 
specimens, found that this butterfly enjoys a to lhe aUacka 0 f any of the cannibal races, 
wide geographical range, “ extending trom cither in tho egg state or at any other state. 
Texas on tho southwest, Missouri or the O'-r birds pay no attention to them, neither 
west, and the mouth of the Red River of the 
north on the northwest, as far as Connect! 
cut, and the Southern Atlantic Stales on the 
cast.” But while the species is scarce in the 
[ more Northern Slates, it. abounds in many of 
will the domestic fowls touch them. I have 
as yet found no way to get clear of them hut 
to pick them off by hand.” 
Inquiries fur .\alurnlinl«.—A lady asks some of 
I Mie Southern States, where it takes the place 1 tho readers of thu Iujxial New-Yokkeh to ntvo 
of the species described in the above paper, instructions on ttiu caro of Canary birds, inelu 
... . _,. , t . , dimr information as to what should be done with 
It often proves exceedingly injurious, and we the ? n who(l thulp rmh(J „ nro nll ,off of 
Icaru from one of our Mississippi exchanges them and when their feet swell up and appear 
that, “ there were last, year thousands of dol- very irritated, it. E- Mo Arthur asks so mo 
j lars’ worth of cabbage devastated and ruined to to lt him how to trap gray squlrrels.- 
, . ,_. r , . ,, ,, PHtLiea5kshowtH!silialltrH|iii.fox.—SAMMAit- 
by worms in the neighborhood of Conntli.” TIN , llsUrt , IOW Hnd mbbitskln*. 
We are furthermore told that cabbages could How into will ttmaaparugusboette work ?-8.U. 
not in consequents be lmtl there, even at ten | J* ln 
