MOORE’S  RURAL  NEW-YORKER. 
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family,  that,  by  a  perversion  of  good  judgment, 
some  breeders  have,  by  persistence  in  wrong¬ 
doing,  caused  to  improve  in  tbeir  milking  quali¬ 
ties  ;  b\it  then  these  same  herds  have  invariably 
fallen  olT  in  bcef-producing  power.  A  bovine 
family,  equally  excellutit  in  all  valuable  qual¬ 
ities,  is  not  to  be  found,  no  more  than 
a  horse  for  general  purposes  which  is 
expected  to  be  endowed  vrith  all  of  the  most 
choice  attributes  of  horse  flesh,  in  the  human 
family  one  individual  is  rarely,  if  ever,  blessed 
with  a  combination  of  glorious  talents.  The 
greatest  among  us  can  stan^j  out  pre-eminent  in 
one,  mediocre  or  nothing  in  most  others.  There¬ 
fore,  no  breeder  of  sound  Judgincnt  ought  to  seek 
to  pervert  nature.  JUs  aim  should  bo  to  aid  her 
by  selection  of  the  host ;  and  that  tho  owners  of 
herds  now  tiei'e  are  alive  to  this  fact  is  in  tho 
aggregate  easy  to  be  seen. 
The  pretty  herds  of  Channel  Island  cattle  num¬ 
ber  among  them  some  animals  of  sin-passing 
beauty.  These  little  cattle  are  great  milkers, 
both  in  richness  and  in  qu.antity.  As  beel-pro- 
ducers  they  are  of  small  value,  tho  bone  being 
hght  and  the  structure  altogether  too  lino  to  ad¬ 
mit  of  room  to  put  up  flesh  ;  then  their  individ¬ 
ual  habit  is  adverse  to  an  accumulation  of  adipose 
cushion.  Tho  Hereforda  are  a  comely  race, 
their  snow-white  faces  full  of  docility,  their 
clean  cut  logs,  together  with  the  depth  of  rib, 
giving  them  great  lung  power,  hospeak  tlicm  es¬ 
sentially  useful  as  draught  cattle.  The  same 
may  be  said  of  the  Dovons,  to  which  1  can  ftd<l 
that,  being  a  thrifty  race,  they  arc  safe  to  get  on 
well  in  rough,  rocky  land.  They  are  active,  in¬ 
telligent  animals,  and  very  Idnd  as  drauglit  oxen. 
Some  of  tho  Devons  run  greatly  to  milk,  which, 
though  good,  is  not  to  be  compared  with  the 
milk  of  the  Channel  Island  cows,  be  tlicy  from 
Guernsey,  Jersey  or  Alderney.  Both  Tlcre  fords 
and  Devons  fatten  well ;  but  neither  of  them  put 
up  in  proportion  tho  same  amount  of  high-priccil 
beef  as  can  on  an  equal  (pianlily  of  fodder  bo 
accumulated  by  tho  Sliort-llorn  family. 
Next  to  the  Channel  Island  cattle  the  Ayr- 
shires  can  bo  roekoniid  as  good  milkers.  Tiiis 
family  comprises  two  divisions,  the  most  choice, 
to  my  taste,  being  tho  Black- nosed  variety.  Tho 
second  are  tlio  red-and-white,  or,  as  sonie  name 
them,  tho  Sheotod  Ayrshiros.  Those  uro  a  Uily, 
compact  race;  they  thrive  where  larger  breeds 
of  cattle  would  stiu  ve.  Though  heavier  in  build 
than  those  I  compare  them  with,  i hey  are  not 
beef  cattle.  Tho  Ayrshires,  under  the  inlliience 
of  high  keep,  are  ajit  to  become  coarse.  Their 
very  goodness  causes  this,  so  much  so  that  care¬ 
ful  hreeders  strive  to  keep  tlie  hone  lino  and  the 
carcass  cornimct.  A  small-si/ed  Ayi-shiro  bull, 
neat  and  closely  put  together,  is,  therefore,  tho 
best  to  breed  from.  A  roomy  cow  need  not  be 
objected  to  ;  but  coarseness  in  either  parent 
must  carefully  be  avoided,  or  else  deterioration 
is  certain  to  follow. 
The  Boiled  cattle  here  are  scarce.  That  is 
grievous  to  me,  or  to  anyone  familiar  with  the 
Spanish  herds  of  Texas,  these  wretched  long- 
horned  skeletons,  those  lean  Kine  of  Cories  and 
Pizzaro,  that  when  taken  into  beauteous  Illin¬ 
ois,  devour  ten  times  tho  quantity  that  would 
fatten  »  gra<le  steer,  could  bo  rapidly  improved 
by  the  I’ollcd  Cross.  Tlie  hornless  cattle  are 
distinctive  in  their  excellent  qualities,  effacing, 
in  one  cross,  many  of  tho  bad  points  of  the  Texan 
herds.  The  British  isles  possess  three  distinct 
branches  of  Ujc  Polkid  or  Hornless  tribe  <if  ho- 
vines.  Those  arc  the  Black  Aligns,  tho  Brown  or 
nearly  Black  Galloway,  both  of  Scottish  blood 
and  the  rod  herds  of  Norfolk  and  Suffolk,  Eng- 
laud.  Some  enterprising  imlivlduals  have,  from 
time  to  time,  braved  the  jierils  of  ocean  travel, 
have  penetrated  into  Holstein,  and  from  thonee 
have  brought  out  certain  huge  animals,  remark¬ 
able  for  length  of  limb,  development  of  cranium 
and  generally  valueless  peciiUarities.  Tho  ad¬ 
miration  of  these  Holstein  herds  is  a  hindranoe 
to  the  improvement  of  the  liords  of  America ; 
even  when  cleau-brod  they  are  coarse,  and,  as 
feeders,  over  fond  of  their  grnb. 
Out  of  so  much  asse-mbled  excellence  it  is  tlifti- 
cult  to  select  ihe  host,  still  I  have  ventmed  to  do 
so,  and  my  choice  is  as  follows :  Ttio  Short-Horn 
herd  of  B.  B.  Groom  &  Son  of  Vinewood,  Win¬ 
chester,  Ivy.,  niunbers  seven  head,  and  is  of  rare 
beauty.  The  bull,  Marhicr  2ud,  is  red.  Ho  has 
rarely  been  beaten,  and  took  the  sweepstakes  at 
Pai-is,  Ky.  His  next-door  neigliboris  Oxford,  of 
Geneva,  a  roau  bull,  18  months,  full  of  good 
ixiiiits.  His  sire  and  dam  wore  exported  six 
years  ago  and  brought  hack  in  187.5  with  this 
calf,  who  took  this  year’s  prize  in  his  own  ring 
at  the  State  Fan-,  Columbus,  Ohio.  The  im¬ 
ported  cow,  Winsome  16lh,  cost  f 1,000  sterling, 
was  bred  by  his  grace,  the  Duke  of  Dovonsliiru, 
and  shared  all  over  England  Uio  prizes  of  the 
hour  with  tliat  ShorteHorn  beauty,  Ouoou  Mary  ; 
she  is  a  strawberry  roau.  Daisy,  bred  in  Ken¬ 
tucky,  is  red  -lu  color;  bur  many  beauties  of 
conformation  speak  well  for  tlie  sound  judgment 
of  her  breeders.  Ehc  stands  the  winner  of  the 
highest  prize  awarded  in  her  State.  Red  Rose 
8th  baffles  description.  Her  head  and  neck  ai-e 
lovely  in  tho  extreme ;  her  horn  fine  and  wax¬ 
like  ;  her  temper  smooth  as  her  glossy  coat ;  her 
eyes,  like  those  attributed  to  Juno,  full  of  liquid 
light.  She  is  a  beauty  all  over.  This  herd  took 
seven  prizes  at  the  recent  Oliio  Fair.  Tho  re¬ 
maining  animals  ate  Victoria’s  Gem  and  Glou- 
cestershiro  Wiley, 
From  England  haa  arrived  the  Short-Horn 
herd  of  B.  St.  John  Ackers,  Esq.,  of  Triiiknasli 
Tork,  Tainswick,  Oloucostershire.  At  tho  Ik-ikI 
of  this  herd  stands  Cj-mbaline.  a  white  bull,  good 
all  over,  but  remarkable  for  the  fineness  of  liis 
fore-quarters.  He  haa  t.Hken  numerous  [tri-zes. 
His  companion.  Lord  Craiiham,  taken  up  sud¬ 
denly  from  light  feed,  haa  a  straight  back,  a 
long  side,  a  deftfi  rib  and  plenty  of  bone  to  put 
up  first  quality  beef.  Tho  gem  of  this  herd  is 
Clovis,  a  roan  hull.  He  took  the  third  prize  this 
year-  at  the  Royal  Show  held  at  IJirrningham, 
Eng.  This  honor  is  considered  equal  to  any 
other  first  award.  This  last-named  animal  is  as 
soft  as  unsimn  silk,  and  1  hope  that  for  tho  ad¬ 
vantage  of  America  he  may  be  pin-ehaacd  to  re¬ 
main  in  tho  country.  WerWing  Day,  a  strawber¬ 
ry  roau,  two  years  and  eleven  months  old,  lie- 
liovod  to  be  in  calf,  is  a  perfect  oxamplo  of  a 
first-class  English  Short-Horn.  She  is  long  an<l 
low  and  close  to  the  ground ;  what  more  need  l>e 
said?  Baroness  Pawlett.  a  light  roan,  two  years 
old,  is  wonderful  for  the  fineness  of  her  coat, 
which  is  only  one  of  her  valuable  properties. 
Cassandra,  a  white  heifer,  own  sister  to  Cymba- 
line,  is  an  unusually  neat,  closo-biiilt  animal. 
The  herd  m  Merrio  P.ngland  numbers  GO  head, 
of  which  six  are  hero.  These  are  chiefly  of 
Booth  blood.  Wedding  Day  is  pure  bred  of  tliat 
strain. 
Mr.  Ackers  has  likewise  sent  over  three  pm-e- 
bred  Berkshire  pigs  (one  boar  and  two  sows),  one 
of  which  has  with  her  an  interesting  family  of 
five  boimivos.  'I’hcy  all  have  taken  prizes  in  En¬ 
gland  and  Scotland. 
Among  the  CUiannol  Island  cattle  tho  herd  ox- 
hibited  by  Mr.  Crozior  of  Noithport,  L.  I., 
pleases  me  the  most.  They  aro  Jerseys,  and  are 
beaded  by  the  bull  Cossack,  Herd  Register  No. 
1 , 15!).  Cossack  is  by  Clement,  progenitor  of  the 
Long  Island  Jersey  herd.  He  is  fawn  color, 
with  black  joints,  and  has  a  beautiful  head. 
Josephine  2d,  in  Herd  Register  No.  3.29G, 
is  actually  perfection  for  a  Jersey  cow.  She 
is  of  a  deep  orange  color,  and  tho  inside  of  her 
delicate,  transparent  oars  is  also  oraiige-tintod. 
Bello  Hinman  is  tho  daughter  of  a  cow  which 
made  her  own  weight  in  butter  in  one  year.  Jo- 
Bopliine  beacon  is  now  making  nine  pounds  of 
butter  per  week.  Fanciful,  a  twn-year-old  heif¬ 
er,  is  nearly  as  lovely  as  Josephine  2d. 
Mr.  Cimier  also  exhibits  six  head  of  Aryshire 
cattle— One  bull  and  four  cows  of  the  black-nosed 
variety  and  one  cow  of  the  sheeted  or  red-and- 
white  family.  The  bull,  Duke  of  Charlcton,  bred 
by  D.  F.  Cnrtis,  is  very  rich  in  color,  long  and 
oven,  much  like  a  Bhort-Horn  in  his  lines.  One 
of  the  cows,  Maggie  Stewart,  though  now  milk-  | 
ing  fourteen  months,  still  gives  eight  quarts  per 
day  and  ia  to  calve  again  in  six  weeks.  She  is 
large  of  her  breeil.  Ruby,  a  red  cow,  bred  in 
Scotland,  wbero  she  took  several  prizes,  is  deer- 
like  in  head  and  legs,  with  a  muzzle  lino  as  that 
of  a  race-hurso.  Nellie  Eiddlo,  a  Sheeted  Ayr¬ 
shire,  imijorted  quite  recently,  dropped  her  calf 
on  hoard  ship  and  has  sinco  done  well.  Stie  is  a 
good  specimen  of  her  variety,  though  to  me  not 
so  admirable  as  are  ber  black-nosed  cousins. 
Tho  last  of  this  herd  is  Maggie  Anderson,  also 
bred  in  Scotlond,  and  imixnted  by  her  present 
nwiior. 
In  the  Devon  class,  O.  B.  King  of  Connecticut 
exliiliits  a  choice  herd  of  eight  head— one  bull, 
live  cows  and  two  calves.  Mattons  Lion,  cherry 
red,  G.xiajllenl  in  color  and  form. 
Of  the  Ilorofords,  J.  I,.  Miller  of  Beecher,  Ill., 
has,  to  my  taste,  the  best  on  the  ground.  His  ' 
herd  numbers  thirteen  head— two  bulls,  one  bull 
calf,  ten  cows  and  heifers.  Tho  two  bulls,  Suc¬ 
cess  and  Royal  Briton,  both  imported,  the  latter 
in  the  dam,  are  half  brothers.  Tlieir  dam,  Dolly 
Varden,  is  a  most  charming  animal.  She  is  six 
years  old,  has  had  four  calves,  and  ia  now  again 
in  calf.  Of  this  herd  tho  two  three-year-old 
heifers,  Grace  and  Katie,  have  been  bred  in 
America.  They  are  very  handsome  and  imusually 
even  in  qiiahty. 
1  must  now  say  a  word  or  two  about  tho 
Canada  iiart  of  tlie  Show.  The  arrivals  from 
across  the  border  number  from  sixty  to  sixty- 
live  head  and  comprise  among  them  much  that 
is  good  and  valuable.  Taken  in  herds  they  aro 
as  follows ; — Three  herds  of  Ayrshires,  one  herd 
of  Aldei'ueys,  one  of  Herefords,  and  one  of 
hlack-pollcd  Angus  cattle,  wliich  tho  man  in 
charge  persisted  in  calling  Galloways;  Imt  be 
tliey  Galloways  or  Angus,  there  was  one  bull  of 
iho  lot  a  credit  to  Ids  owner.  Mr.  George  Hood 
oxliihits  three  hulls  respectively  aged  two  years, 
ono  year  old,  and  a  calf,  also  ono  lieifor  calf. 
The  head  of  tho  two-year-old  bull  is  better  than 
the  head  of  Mr.  Miller's  hull,  with  which  he 
competes,  Mr.  Hood’s  stock  being  also  Hero- 
fords.  I  failed  to  find  any  person  of  a  commu¬ 
nicative  tiu  ii  of  mind  interested  in  tho  Canada 
herds ;  oven  to  discover  tho  names  of  our  excel¬ 
lent  neighbors  was  as  difflcult  ns  to  decide  tho 
uses  or  abuses  of  tho  round  towers  of  Ireland. 
This  is  ih-ploiablo.  as  Canada  has  done  well. 
Tho  black-polled  hull,  Major,  is  a  superb  typo  of 
his  h.-eod,  and  tho  cows  of  his  herd  are  good. 
They,  iu  their  class,  defy  competillun.  at  least 
successful  competition.  Mr.  W.  IMiller  exhibits 
three  Short-Horns.  His  cuvr.  Necklace  7th,  is  a 
dangerous  rival  for  Id r.  Grniim’s  beauties.  Mr. 
W.  51.  Tclfor  lias  on  show  six  Rhort-llorns, 
two  bulls,  two  Cows  anil  two  calves.  Tito  bull, 
third  Duke  of  Kent,  is  nine  moulln  old,  of  a 
dark  mahogany  red  color,  and  is  just  us  good  as 
his  ago  conld  produce.  Ho  stand.s  in  a  box  with 
his  dam,  tho  Duchess  of  Kent,  a  slrawber.ty  roau, 
two  years  old.  Blio  has  a  beautiful  face,  full  of 
intolligouco  and  gcntlcuoss. 
Regretting  that  I  could  not  obtain  more,  infor- 
nialiou  relating  to  the  Canada  herds,  and  fearing 
to  trespass  over  much  ou  your  valuable  space,  I 
conclude,  being  well  content  with  the  Centennial 
Oattlo  Bliow.  iti-  tti. 
CHOOSING  FOWLS  FOR  TABLE. 
It  is  a  littio  singular  that  taste  or  fashion  as 
to  the  color  of  tho  flesh  of  fowls  varies  at  differ¬ 
ent  large  markets.  In  tho  liondoti  market  j'ol- 
low-skinned  birds  are  not  sought  for,  tho  pink 
or  ttosh-colored  skin  being  tho  favorite  there, 
while  in  New  York  tho  yellow  is  preferred  in  a 
marked  degree.  The  questions  natiU’ally  arise, 
What  is  Hie  reason  for  this  dillorciico  in  taste, 
and  which  are  tlio  best  for  Uic  table  as  hj  flavor, 
delicacy,  etc.?  There  is  no  ilouht  that  those 
fowls  that  are  celebrated  for  their  peculiar  rich¬ 
ness  of  flavor  and  delicate  flesh  mainly  belong  hv 
tho  pink,  or  as  some  pooplo  call  them,  tho  while 
skinned  varioUos.  Tins  is  conceded  by  all  au¬ 
thorities.  .Such  fowls  arc  the  Games,  Houdaus, 
Dorkings,  etc.  Perhaps  the  reason  for  the 
preference  for  yellow  in  Now  York  is  that  a 
proper  discrimination  is  not  made  hotween  tJio 
pink  and  lUirkov  blue  skinned  fowls  in  choosing 
fowls  for  the  table,  the  latter  of  which  are  gener¬ 
ally  poor  in  ijiialily,  such  as  Biianish  Hainhurgs, 
etc.  Another  reason  may  he  that  all  tho  pink 
skins  ai'o  very  tender  to  dross,  tearing  easily, 
and  extra  care  is  required  in  dressing  to  make 
tliera  look  attractive,  and  if  they  come  from  a 
long  distance  and  aro  at  all  damaged  they  do  not 
present  as  clean  and  nice  an  appearance  as  those 
with  yellow  skins.  n.  u. 
KEEPING  POULTRY. -No.  9. 
Feeding  is  the  next  point  that  claims  attention. 
Many  an  amatenr  will  ho  sorely  puzzled  at  the 
advice  given  him  by  most  of  his  poultry  books ; 
some  such  phrases  as  tlieso  constantly  occur  : 
“  Give  your  birds  a  libi  ral  supply  of  good 
wholeHome  food.”  “  Keep  your  fowls  well  sup¬ 
plied  with  plenty  of  corn,  and  soft  food  onco  a 
day.”  “The  quantity  and  quaUty  of  eggs, 
depends  greatly  on  tho  feeding.”  etc.,  otc. 
After  reading  many  such  items  of  advice  tho  be¬ 
ginner  earnestly  intends  to  stuff  Lis  fowls  with  a 
varity  of  food,  such  as  ho  sees  recommended, 
beef  scraps,  ground  bone,  corn,  wheat,  buck¬ 
wheat,  boiled  rice,  oatmeal,  potatoes  and  lonies 
to  give  tbcin  appetite. 
He  begins  to  feel  proud  of  liis  own  intended 
generosity.  But,  ho  sees  in  another  page  of  the 
same  hook,  or  another  work,  that  ho  “must  not 
over-feed  his  sbick  if  ho  would  luive  them  lay 
plentifully.”  “  Ovor-fcwUug  will  make  hens  fat 
and  lazy,  and  stop  their  laying,  somotimes  killing 
them.”  Now  hero  is  a  dilemma,  and  how  can 
ono  tell  whoa  a  fowl  has  eaten  enough  or  too 
much  ?  Souio  say,  fowls  that  have  corn  always 
before  them  will  not  eat  so  much  as  when  it  is 
thrown  to  them  onco  or  twice  a  day  ,  others  say 
that  “when  they  have  all  they  can  eat,  with 
corn  loft  always  before  them  tkey  will  get  so  fat 
as  to  he  useless  for  broecUng.” 
I  have  never  yet  seen  those  conflicting  state¬ 
ments  qualilied  so  as  to  bo  useful.  Tho  fact  is, 
all  such  advice  on  leodiug  depends  very  much  on 
tlic  kiwi  of  fowls  ono  keeps.  Whoever  hijard  of 
a  game  bird  getting  so  fat  as  to  Ijo  useless 
except  for  tho  looli.  The  same  may  ho  said  of 
Haiuburgs  and  [.eghorns.  Bucli  breeds  as  these 
are  so  full  of  life  and  activity  that  they  seldom 
got  very  fat,  wliilo  all  tho  Asiatics,  fed  as  much 
as  would  keep  tho  active  broods  in  good  condition, 
would  get  nmeli  too  fat.  1  Jiavo  hod  Light 
Brahmas,  kept  and  fed  with  small  breeds  get  so 
fat,  that  wheu  killed  the  fat  ou  tlio  intestines 
and  offal  of  one  bird  weighed  fully  two  pounds ; 
while  the  lively  v.U'iotios  were  simply  in  good 
condition. 
Asiatics  and  otlier  kinds  do  not  do  well  con¬ 
fined  together.  Tho  former  will  get  too  fat  with 
the  same  feeding  that  is  required  to  keep  tho 
latter  in  condition.  If  nuining  at  largo  and  fed 
on  the  ground  twice  a  day,  so  much  as  tliey  will 
eat  up  clean  and  no  more,  they  do  well  enough. 
Tho  more  active  birds  will  hunt  up  dainty  mor- 
(t- 
ABOUT  THE  HOUSE  FLY. 
sols,  and  insects  to  keep  them  in  health.  If  oats,  1 
rj-o,  or  buckwheat  is  left  before  them  so  much  J 
tho  better  ;  fowls  will  not  often  fatten  too  miioh  j 
on  those.  But  never  leave  more  com  than  they  \ 
will  cat  up  clean. 
In  winter  when  Iho  stock  is  coufluod  I  always 
kecji  oats  or  buckwheat  and  somotimes  wheat  in 
a  lioppor  (HO  that  they  can  got  at  it  whenever 
they  like),  and  feeil  witli  soft  food  at  noon  and 
corn  or  wheat  at  iiiglit.  Fowls  cun  bo  over-fed 
or  rathor  This  is  what  is  meant  by 
the  cautions  against  over-feeding.  It  can  bo 
done  by  giving  them  all  tliO  corn  thoy  can  stow 
away,  and  leaving  some,  with  (perhaps)  two  or 
three  otiicr  Kinds  of  grain,  moat  or  scraim,  bread 
and  other  soft  food  in  addition,  tompUng  them 
to  oat  too  much.  Sncli  pampering  will  inalie  the 
best  fowls  in  too  high  condition,  Uioy  will  not 
continue  long  in  health  under  siioh  treatmont ;  a 
reaction  will  tako  jilacc  sooner  or  later,  causing 
apoplexy,  choking  of  tho  heart,  stoppage  of  the 
egg  canal,  Ac. 
Tho  beginner  is  now  supjioscd  to  bo  fairly 
started,  with  tiis  bciiiiilful  pets  in  their  now 
(liiarlers,  in  bright  health  and  spii'its,  prating, 
BiTaloliing,  crowing  and  doing  many  other  won¬ 
derful  Ihitigs,  to  tlie  delight  of  their  omier,  his 
family,  and  all  welcomo  visitors.  H.  Hales. 
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WHITE  LEGHORN  FOWLS. 
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I  AJi  an  old  reader  of  your  valtmblo  paper,  and 
for  some  time  a  subscriber,  not  a  oorrespondimt 
however,  but  as  I  take  a  lively  iiitoreat  ou  the 
8  bjic’s  theioin  diicUiBod,  I  will  give  you  my 
experience  of  some  yeius  with  white  Leglioi  us, 
wlJieh  was  suggc-sled  by  tho  answers-  5  and  G — 
of  51r.  A.  51.  Van  Aukk.n',  in  your  issue  of  Sep¬ 
tember  2:3d  to  “  qnesliotis  aliout  pouKry.” 
^^y  fowls  lay  when  eight  months’  i.iJil,  and  under 
conditions  more  favorable  than  f  can  give  them, 
will  lay  much  sooner  ;  they  ortntinue  to  lay  pro¬ 
fusely  through  the  entire  winter,  and  until  thoy 
molt,  seldom  stopping  longer  than  a  few  days 
when  in  condition.  My  yard  has  a  fence  seven 
feet  high  around  it  and  I  find  that  all  I  desire 
without  roofing. 
It  is  true  that  about  three  Leghorns  can  bo 
raised  on  tho  grain  consumed  by  ono  Brahma, 
but  I  cannot  agree  with  your  correspondent,  that 
the  Leghorn  when  grown  oats  as  much  in  pro¬ 
portion  to  tlie  nnmher  of  eggs  laid,  as  the 
Brahma.  The  latter  breed  is  a  largo  feeder, 
and  an  inveterate  sitter  withal ;  when  in  that 
condition,  if  not  desired  tei  sit,  weeks  are  wasted 
ero  slie  resumes  laying,  and  thus  the  Logliorn 
gains  largely  over  her  to  the  piolit.  account. 
The  Leghorn,  being  a  uou-sitter,  is  almost  a- 
perpotual  layer  of  roalJy  handsome  good  sized 
eggs,  which,  moreover,  command  a  roadior,  if 
not  a  bettor  market  than  those  from  Bralunas  ; 
her  meat  is  most  excelloiit,  she  does  not  carry  it 
as  abundantly  as  her  supposed  rival,  it  is  true, 
lint  it  woiikl  bo  marvelous,  indood,  if  she  did  and 
oiihlo  tlie  Brahma  in  all  other  rospocts.  Your.8 
truly,  J.  De  Soto. 
Ford  ham,  N.  Y. 
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CoRKECTioN.  Will  you  please  make  the  letter 
on  coming  exhibition  road:  “There  aro  many 
worthy  societies  at  whoso  fairs  they  make  a  point 
to  make  all  happy,  and  their  ollicers  know  well 
how  to  do  it,”  which  it  was  my  intention  to  say, 
if  I  did  not  in  my  article  in  the  Rural  of  Sept.  1). 
— A  Subscriber. 
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Wii.T.  yon,  through  the  columns  of  your  paper, 
toll  me  if  tlie  common  house  fly  [lorforms  the 
sauio  niftamorphosos  that  tlio  green  fly  which 
produces  the  maggot  round  in  spoiled  meat? 
and  if  it  docs,  do  they  increase  in  size  after  they 
become  a  perfect  insect  ?— James  E.  Munger, 
Oenesee  Co.,  JV,  J'i 
Tho  common  house  fly  passes  through  the 
same  uumbor  of  luetamorphosc.s  as  tho  “meat 
fly,”  and  is  “born”  full  size,  coming  from  the 
chrysalis  fully  developed ;  and  there  is  no  in¬ 
crease  in  size  afterwards,  except  as  tho  abdomen 
of  the  female  may  bccoiuo. slightly  distended  with 
eggs,  it  ia  a  very  common  remark  among  house¬ 
wives  that  if  they  kill  off  the  littio  flies  iq^pcar- 
ing  in  early  Kpritig,  they  will  prevent  their  grow¬ 
ing  into  larger  ones  later  in  tho  season.  But 
this  is  an  error,  for  ihe  lii  tle  flies  aro  a  distinct 
species  and  do  not  dovolopo  or  grow  any  larger 
tliaii  when  first  seen.  “  Kittens  grow  to  cats,  but 
mice  never  turn  to  rats,”  is  an  old  saying,  but 
mice  and  rat.s  are  as  near  related  and  as  likely  to 
“  turn  ono  into  tho  other  ”  as  littio  flies  aro  to 
boeonio  big  ones. 
Exterminate  C.vieritllaks. — To  cxtei'miuate 
caterpillars  ou  trees,  they  may  bo  sprinkled  with 
a  solution  of  ono  part  of  sulphide  of  potassium 
in  500  parts  of  water.  This,  it  is  said,  will  lull 
the  iiwcts,  and  do  no  harm  to  the  trees. 
