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THE  SyRAL  HEW-YORHER. 
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times  more  during  the  next  week,  and  I  reached 
tlie  number  of  thirty-two  on  October  Slat ;  the 
course  of  the  experiment  liaving  lasted  nearly 
four  weeks.  After  the  twentieth  sting  there  was 
very  little  swelling  or  pain,  only  a  alight  itching 
sensation,  with  a  small  amount  of  indammation 
iu  the  immediate  neighborhood  of  the  part  stung, 
which  did  not  spread  further :  and  I  stung  my¬ 
self  on  November  8th,  without  its  having  any 
effect  on  me.’’ 
THE  PROFITS  OF  HONEY  BEES. 
Durino  the  last  fifteen  years  three  or  four 
bee  magazines  have  come  into  existence,  and  it 
is  to  their  interest  to  have  a  great  many  bee 
keepers  in  the  U nited  States,  consequently  they 
often  sijeak  of  corrospoudetits  who  write  the 
“  naked  facts"  in  regard  to  profits  rather  rough¬ 
ly,  saying  that  they  are  “old  fogies,  opposed  to 
progress  in  bee  keeping,"  or  something  akin  to 
those  exj)Tessioii8,  f  hikvo  done  soraetliing  tow¬ 
ard  exposing  the  huiuhugs  about  bees  that  we 
read  in  the  papers,  and  I  propose  to  “  fight  it 
out  on  that  lino’’  for  a  long  time.  Notwith¬ 
standing  tJiatthe  Bee-Keepers’  Hagazine  of  New 
York  is  qniok  to  ptiblish  humbugs  in  regard  to 
the  profits  of  bee  keeping  and  has  de¬ 
nounced  writers  who  state  fact.-i,  yet  I  see  in  the 
OclobtT  number  of  that  paper  the  following 
admissioru*  from  correspondents  who  occupy  a 
Hcmi-oditorial  position.  One  says  in  reply  to  in- 
qiiirie.s  from  a  person  who  says  he  knows  noth¬ 
ing  about  bee  keeping : 
“  If  you  wish  to  keep  bees  for  ploasuro  only, 
all  well ;  but  if  for  a  supply  of  honey  for  your 
family,  you  can  buy  it  cheaper  than  you  can  pro¬ 
duce  it." 
Another  correspondent  says  in  regard  to  the 
great  losses  in  wintering  bees  : 
“  Large  numbers  die  in  winter,  so  that  in  the 
spring  tho  boo  keeiicr  finds  that  ho  has  almost  to 
begin  anew.” 
The  above  quotations  merely  go  to  show  that 
what  I  have  heretofore  said  on  the  over-esti¬ 
mating  of  tho  ijrofits  of  bee  keeping  is  time. 
I.lnden,  N.  J.  T.  H.  Mimkr. 
gairu  Dusljiinlirg. 
DAIRY  BOARDS  OF  TRADE  AND  THE 
MARKETING  OF  DAIRY  PRODUCTS. 
At  the  recent  session  of  Uio  National  Agricul¬ 
tural  Congress  at  tho  Centennial  Grounds,  Phila¬ 
delphia,  3Ir.  X.  A.  Willard  referred  to  markets 
and  marketing  iu  his  address  on  “American 
Dairying,"  of  which  tho  following  is  an  ab¬ 
stract  : 
One  great  feature  belonging  to  the  dairy 
and  which  gives  dairymen  an  immense  advan¬ 
tage  over  other  farmers  is  an  organized  system 
of  marketing.  The  system  was  commenced  at 
Little  Falls,  N.  Y'.,  in  1800  ’01 — buyers  and  sell¬ 
ers  meeting  on  certain  days  of  the  week  iu  tho 
open  street  to  make  transactions  (  for  tho  busi¬ 
ness  wa.s  then  done  iu  tho  ojjen  air  Ly  the  side 
of  tlio  wagons).  An  attempt  has  recently  been 
matle  by  certain  parties  to  falsify  the  truth  of 
history  by  representing  that  the  first  effort  to 
establish  "  sales  days"  or  a  country  cheese  mar¬ 
ket  was  made  at  U  tica,  N.  Y.,  in  1870. 
There  is  scarcely  a  dairyman  in  tho  Stale  of 
New  York  but  is  familiar  with  the  fact  that  Int- 
tie  Falls  had  a  regular  weekly  dairy  market  or 
“  sales  days”  Uni  years  prior  to  1871  aud  one  where 
millions  of  imunds  of  cheese  were  sold  annually. 
What,  ihoii,  must  we  think  of  those  who  claim 
that  the  first  regular  “  sales  day  ’’  of  the  country 
occurred  at  Utica  in  1871. 
Ou  some  market  days  at  Little  Falls  previous 
to  1864  several  hundred  farmers  have  been  in 
the  streets  near  the  railway  depot,  each  with  bis 
wagon  loaded  with  cheese,  boxed  aud  marked 
with  his  name,  while  some  twenty  or  more  buy¬ 
ers  were  scattered  among  them  and  passing  from 
wagon  to  wagon— some  from  New  York,  Boston, 
Philadelphia,  Baltimore  and  other  cities,  with 
an  occasional  shipper  from  England — could  bo 
seen  exaniiniug,  boring,  tasting,  smelling  and 
making  bids  for  tho  load. 
In  1864  the  first  weekly  report  of  the  Little 
Falls  Market,  then  and  now  the  largest  interior 
dairy  market  in  the  world,  began  to  be  made, 
and  since  1868  the  Rcrai.  New-Yorker  has  made 
a  specialty  iu  reporting  that  market. 
Previous  to  1804  farmers  relied  on  city  quota¬ 
tions,  which  were  soinetiiues  thought  to  be  in 
merchants'  favor.  But  it  was  not  until  the  early 
part  of  1871  that  a  “Dairy  Board  of  Trade  ’’  was 
organized,  though  tho  project  was  agitated 
in  r.ittle  Falls  in  1808  and  earlier.  Here,  as 
in  the  origin  of  the  dairy  movement  as  a  special¬ 
ty,  Herkimer  County  took  the  initiative,  estab- 
lishiiig  a  “Dairymen’s  Boai’d  of  Trade”  under 
tho  name  of  the  “NewY^ork  State  Dairymen’s 
Association  and  Board  of  Trade." 
Boon  after  imblishing  aud  sending  out  circu¬ 
lars  giving  the  plan  of  organization  and  the  rules 
and  machinery  by  which  it  was  to  be  governed, 
the  dairymen  of  Oneida  County  took  copy  and 
also  established  a  “  Dairymen's  Board  of  Trade  ’’ 
at  Utica.  Tho  plan  spread  to  other  sections, 
and  now  many  dairy  centers  in  Now  York  and 
other  States  have  their  Dairy  Boards  of  Ti  ado, 
at  which  merchants  and  sellers  meet  on  regular 
days  of  the  week  fur  tlie  transaction  of  business 
in  dairy  goods.  The  telegraph  is  hero  brought 
into  I'eqnisitiou  and  sellers  go  upon  the  market 
knowing  something  of  tho  demand  aud  the  (ivico 
on  hotli  sides  of  the  Atlantic.  At  the  interior 
markets  competition  often  runs  high  and  mer¬ 
chants  sometimes  complain  that  margins  are 
narrow  and  money  not  so  easily  made  as  when 
the  giKjds  were  bought  at  tho  factory  on  city 
quotations.  Bo  this  as  it  may,  tho  dairymen 
now  have  a  sort  of  commercial  education.  They 
study  the  markets,  both  home  and  foreign,  and 
they  judge  when  it  is  best  to  realize  on  their 
goods. 
SHRINKAGE  IN  VALUES-THE  OUTLOOK. 
Tho  shrinkage  in  values  on  nearly  all  lands  of 
proporty  during  1876  has  been  very  considerable. 
Beal  estate  has  depreciaUid  from  25  to  30  per 
cent.,  and  in  some  localities  even  more.  The 
fall  in  cotton  gootls  and  in  some  other  manufac¬ 
tures  lias  been  very  great.  The  value  of  nearly 
all  our  agricultural  products  is  below  the  range 
of  1874,  aud  it  is  not  surprising,  under  the  prof- 
snro  of  the  times,  that  dairy  goods  should  h.ave 
been  comparatively  low.  But  oven  under  ti  o 
darkest  pliaao  of  the  situation  tho  outlook  of 
dairying  is  by  no  means  discouraging.  Indeed, 
there  is  no  class  of  farmers  better  oft’  to-<lay 
than  the  dairymen.  They  have  told  their  goods 
from  niojitli  to  month  and  from  week  to  week 
for  cash,  and  their  goods  have  fouml  a  ready 
market  aud  gone  into  consumption,  while  other 
products  have  been  alow  of  sale  even  at  greatly 
reduced  rates. 
Tho  European  demand  has  been  fully  equal  to 
our  aurifiuH  and  exports  keep  values  upon  a  gold 
basis.  It  is  true  prices  have  been  comparatively 
low,  but  not  nearly  so  low  as  they  wore  years 
ago,  when  dairymen  found  it  not  difiicult  to 
amass  fortunes  in  the  business. 
The  one  hopeful  sign  for  onr  increased  pro¬ 
duction  is  that  English  producliou  is  decreasing, 
while  the  increase  of  population  iu  our  cities  and 
towns  calls  more  and  more  for  additional  supplies 
of  fresh  milk  and  nn  increased  quantity  of  butter 
and  cheese  for  home  consumption. 
That  wo  are  not  overproducing  is  proved  by  the 
free  disposal  of  the  entire  products  of  lUc  dairy 
from  year  to  year.  Very  likely  if  tho  make  was 
less  prices  would  advance,  but  the  values  real¬ 
ized  on  account  of  scarcity  would  press  heavily 
upon  the  masses,  who  for  tho  most  jiart  find  it 
hard  “to  make  tho  ends  meet”  from  year  to 
year.  Is  it  not  better  that  tho  people  have 
cheap  food  with  moderate  gains  to  the  producer 
than  that  they  should  suffer  for  want  of  fowl  or 
be  compelled  to  buy  sparingly  at  high  prices  that 
tho  producer  may  grow  suddenly  rich?  Many 
dairymen  of  late  years  have  neglected  the  econo¬ 
mies  of  dairying,  and  it  is  the  waste  aud  extrava¬ 
gance  tbit  pinches  harder  than  tho  low  priooa. 
He  who  can  cat  off  waste  and  be  content  with 
moderate  gains  will  seo  a  ailver  lining  to  the 
cloud  (if  indeed  there  be  a  cloud)  that  dims  the 
future  in  the  far  distant  dairy  horizon. 
- - 
PROFIT  IN  CHEAP  COWS. 
Mv  last  venture  in  cheap  cows  has  convinced 
me  that  while  there  may  be  larger  profit  in  tho 
better  class  of  cows,  the  cheap  oow,  undei*  cer¬ 
tain  circumstances,  is  very  profitable.  If  care¬ 
ful  housekeepers  could  appreciate  this  fact,  more 
cows  would  be  kept  among  tho  so-called  -me¬ 
dium  classes.’’  Last  fall  I  was  compelled  to  buy 
a  cow  to  supply  our  table  with  milk,  and  not 
wishing  to  put  more  caputal  in  stock  than  was 
necessary,  I  purchased  what  was  called  a  poor 
cow,  and  was  heartily  laughed  at  by  all  bands. 
Bhe  cost  me  $-35.  Her  uiilk  was  too  poor  for 
butter,  hut  I  expected  to  fatten  lier  in  spring, 
and  wauled  her  for  temporary  purposes  only. 
The  circumstances  which  compelled  mo  to  buy 
also  forced  mo  to  keep  lier  into  summer.  1  have 
had  her  just  a  year.  I  have  kept  an  accurate 
account  with  her,  and  as  she  was  kept  and  fed 
by  herself  in  a  yard,  I  know  precisely  what  re¬ 
turn  I  have  had  for  my  outlay.  We  have  on 
several  occasions  made  creditable  butter  from 
her  cream.  Bhe  is  a  heavy  feeder  and  always 
had  as  much  as  she  would  oat  to  keep  her  in 
good  condition,  for  I  think  that  by  tliis  means 
much  is  saved  in  time,  as  well  as  expense,  iu 
afterward  fattening.  Here  is  tho  account : 
Cost  to  Kfcp  for  une  Year. 
Corn  fedder . . .  f25  (X) 
Meal  (uuin,  ont aud  bean).,. .  Zi  UO 
Pasture .  21  UO 
Produceil, 
five  Rts.  milk  dally  one  year  (1,825  qts.). 
at  7c.  per  quart.... . 
. . . . 
P‘i 
IX) 
$127 
71) 
I! 
no 
8 
1)0 
tuo 
75 
72 
W) 
Total  produce . 
Ucduct  cost . 
Net  prottl . fijS  73 
This  certainly  ie  a  good  percentage  on  the  in- 
veHtiiiont.  But  Ihis  is  not  all.  I  have  credited 
her  with  but  five  iium  ts  of  milk  daily.  This  is 
only  what  1  should  have  to  buy  to  supply  the 
table,  and  tiieroroie  tho  only  credit  she  should 
have,  unless  the  extra  milk  was  sold  or  used. 
We  consumeil  it  all.  Her  yield  (being  farrow) 
has  averaged  over  eight  quarts  for  the  entire 
year.  These  three  extra  quarts,  made  iutfj  pica, 
puddings,  custards,  cheese,  etc.,  will  make  1,005 
quarts,  which,  at  7c.  (it  is  generally  80.  hero), 
amounts  to  476  65,  which,  added  to  the  468.75 
profit  above,  will  give  a  grand  total  of  4145-40 
as  the  profit  realized  iu  one  year  from  my  435 
cow.  TliLs,  of  cuurse.  is  when  all  tho  milk  is 
used  to  advantage,  but  does  it  not  prove  that 
cheap  cows  are  profitable  ?  Tho  value  I  ha\  0 
put  ou  tho  manure  is  what  I  have  been  offered 
for  it.  M.  o. 
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DAIRY  DISPLAY  AT  THE  CENTENNIAL. 
Strekuous  efforts  arc  being  made  by  tho 
“Coiiteiininl  DiiiryRlng’’  to  have  a  display  of 
butter  and  cheese  at  the  model  “  Batter  and 
Cheese  Factory."  “  Scale  Works"  and  “ Restau¬ 
rant’’  on  the  Centennial  Grounds,  Bhiladolphin. 
In  Herkimer  County  cheese  from  the  factories  is 
being  purchased  by  the  managers  or  tboir  agents, 
as  tho  faolorlos  refuse  to  exhibit  cheese  on  their 
own  account.  As  tlie  display  of  cheese  and  but¬ 
ter  at  the  Centennial  has  so  far  been  a  failure, 
wo  hope  the  efforts  now  being  made  for  tho  Oc- 
TOHEK  Dlsplay  will  prove  a  success. 
Wo  do  not  know  whether  tho  Btato  appropria¬ 
tion  cun  bo  used  to  pnrohaso  ebeeao  for  tho  dis¬ 
play  or  not.  Probably  it  would  be  no  worse  to 
use  it  in  this  way  than  to  use  it  and  the  dairy¬ 
men’s  subscriptions  in  tiu'uing  the  “  model  fac¬ 
tory  ’’  into  a  restaurant. 
. - 1  ♦  » 
NATIONAL  BUTTER  AND  EGQ  ASSOCIA¬ 
TION. 
'I’liF.  above-named  Association  will  bold  a  meet¬ 
ing  in  tho  Produce  Exchange,  Philadelphia,  on 
Got.  17.  A  liaiidsomo  gold  medal  will  bo  award¬ 
ed  by  tho  Association  for  the  best  butler,  the 
package  to  be  not  less  than  50  pounds  aud  e.x- 
hibited  on  UiO  17lh  of  October;  such  butter  to 
bo  made  in  ibo  United  Btates.  Tho  winner  of 
this  medal  will  be  required  to  make  a  stalemont 
to  the  Associaliou  as  to  the  cows  from  whicli  tho 
butter  was  made,  the  caro  and  feed,  process  of 
making  tho  butter,  and  such  other  information 
iu  regard  to  the  mailer  as  may  bo  of  interest  to 
butler  makers. 
As  •'.his  Association  Is  largely  represoritod  by 
tho  commercial  interest  of  the  00011117,  wo  have 
no  doubt  llio  meeting  will  be  well  attended  and 
be  of  value  to  both  producer  and  morckant. 
AMERICAN  DAIRYMEN’S  ASSOCIATION. 
The  adjourned  meeting  of  tho  American 
Dairymen's  iYssociation  comes  off  at  the  Butter 
aud  Cheese  Building  on  the  Centennial  Grounds, 
Philadelphia,  beginning  Get.  17,  at  2  o’clock  1*. 
M.  Prof.  L.  WETHEREJ.L  ia  advTtlsed  to  give 
an  address  on  “Dairy  Stock;’’  J.  P.  Bnici.noN  of 
England  on  tho  “History  of  Dairying  in  Brit¬ 
ain  ;  Dr.  E.  li.  Bturtevast  on  Che  -  Philosophy 
of  Dairying ;  J.  H.  Reall  ou  “  Commerce  hi 
Dairy  Products Prof.  E.  W.  Stewart  on  tlio 
’  ‘  Cow  as  a  Food  Producer Hon.  Thoh.  Bal 
LAXriNE  of  Canada  on  “Canadian  Dairying!'’ 
Prof.  Caldwell  of  Cornell  and  Prof.  Hohseord 
of  Cambridge  also  give  addresses. 
t'[ic  ^oultrg 
FALL  WORK  IN  THE  POULTRY  YARD, 
At  this  season  of  the  year,  between  sowing 
rye  and  corn  husking  or  topping  turnips,  tho 
fanner  is  not  quite  so  much  driven  with  work 
as  ho  has  been  since  early  spring.  Now  is  the 
time  to  pay  soino  attc-ution  to  his  poultry.  This 
is  just  the  time  .Minks,  Weasels,  Skunks  aud 
other /o(/.'(  fancurs  iqiproach  nearer  buildings, 
looking  out  eitber  for  good,  warm  winter  qinut- 
ers  or  sometbing  nice  to  eat.  Boo  that  your 
half  grown  chickens  leave  tiioir  old  du  ly  coops 
or  corners,  where  they  huddle  together  at  night 
to  keep  wann — aomelimes  near  an  old  nit's  hole 
or  corners,  where  they  fall  an  easy  prey  to 
enemies. 
If  any  of  the  coop.s  used  during  summer  are 
lying  about,  gather  Ihein  up,  clean  well  ami  put 
them  in  a  dry  xiUice,  as  they  are  harmed  more  iu 
lying  about  after  use  tbau  they  are  when  in 
use.  At  lliLs  hca.iou  where  hens  have  plenty  of 
room,  they  are  more  likely  to  steal  their  nests 
than  in  summer.  I  suppose  tho  reason  is  this : 
That,  after  having  liad  tho  sitting  fever  broken 
up  by  their  owners  during  summer,  they  begin 
to  lay  another  brood  of  eggs  and,  remembering 
being  distiiilied,  seek  for  a  hiding  place  for  their 
j  next  nest. 
!  A  fanner  can  now  see  the  result  of  tho  year’s 
j  increase — whether  he  has  succeeded  in  raising 
as  many  and  as  good  chickens  as  ho  expected  ; 
if  not,  try  to  find  Uie  reason.  Have  you  beeu 
brei'ding  in-and-iu,  year  after  year,  with  tho 
same  birds  without  change  of  blood  ?  If  so,  you 
should  kill  off  your  old  cocks;  jirocuro  young 
cockerels  of  some  good  breed  to  cross  with  your 
hens.  A  few  dollars  so  invested  will  somctiinos 
double  the  value  of  all  your  young  poultry  the 
next  year— in  some  cases,  increase  tho  voluo  to 
many  times  the  outlay  on  the  cockerels. 
Tho  winter  quarters  must  also  now  receive 
attention,  and  as  tho  fowls  leave  tho  ti'ces  and 
exposed  roost.s,  see  that  they  do  not  go  into  a 
dirty  house.  Glean  up  thoroughly;  let  tho 
whitowash  brush  be  asHistod  by  a  willing  hand 
and  a  sharp  eye.  Boo  that  you  have  no  tyrants 
that  got  up  to  roost  firsF  and  keep  up  a  constant 
quarrel  w  ith  all  the  other  birds  as  they  come  in  ; 
quiet  such  an  one  in  tho  pot.  Also  watch  and  seo 
that  no  diseased  ones  get  in  tho  house  with  tho 
rest  or  they  may  infect  tho  others.  H.  Hales. 
- - - - 
AFFECTIONS  OF  FO'W'LS. 
The  maternal  affection  of  some  hons  ia  truly 
remarkable.  While  «omo  will  got  rid  of  their 
chickens  as  soon  as  they  oommcnco  laying  again, 
others  stick  to  their  ohioks  aud  run  after  thorn, 
even  after  tho  latter  have  beeomo  so  big  that 
they  aro  ashamed  to  bo  scon  hiding  under  their 
mother’s  feathers. 
A  singular  case  of  affection  has  just  como 
under  my  notice.  Tho  hon  that  had  her  second 
brood  presided  over  by  her  dtUiful  son  (of  her 
first  brood)  has  appeared  again  in  tlie  vicinity 
where  she  left  them  and  actually  taken  charge 
of  them  again.  Bhe  has  now  laid  out  her  third 
litter  of  oggs  and  taken  a  short  recoss,  passing 
away  her  time  in  trying  to  make  live  cliioks  out 
of  glass  oggs  i  not  succeeding,  she  got  disgusted 
and  oamo  aud  found  her  last  brood  of  chicks, 
which  were  now  forsaken  by  their  big  step¬ 
brother,  (see  ftiiuAL  of  August  U),)  keeping 
company  with  tlieiu  again.  I  once  had  a  hen 
that  kept  with  her  chickens  all  winter.  Dorkings 
possess  this  quality  more  than  any  other  breed. 
N.  J.  STATE  AGRICULTURAL  FAIR. 
The  popularity  of  this  Fair  increases  every 
year;  the  Block  and  Poulti’y  Departments  are 
tho  growing  branohos.  Tlioro  is  no  doubt  that 
one  reason  of  its  sncccss  i.s  tho  proiDptnoss  with 
which  all  its  iiremiuius  are  paid.  Tho  greatly 
increased  display  of  fowls  tills  year  showed  a 
marked  improyeuient  in  quality  as  well  as  quan¬ 
tity  of  tho  birds  raised  iu  tho  State ;  most  oV 
them  wore  bred  hero.  The  tent  which  contains 
t'lispartof  the  Fair,  though  ouly  introdiicod  a 
few  years  ago,  was  thi.s  year  over-crowded.  Tho 
Society  should  now  construct  a  suitable  building 
for  exhibiting  poultry,  for  if  a  cold  rain  storm 
occurs  during  tbo  Fair,  tbo  birds  arc  very  apt  to 
take  cold  in  a  tent.  A  proper  building  and  a 
liberal  Premium  lust  will  still  further  increase 
the  di.splay.  H.  h. 
AMERICAN  BERKSHIRE  ASSOCIATION. 
We  are  in  receipt  of  the  following  circular  to 
which  wo  cordially  invito  tlie  attention  of  those 
interested  iu  the  breeding  of  pure  Berksbiie 
Swine ; 
Tho  object  of  the  American  Berkshire  Associa¬ 
tion  is  to  revise,  preserve  and  publish  the  pedi¬ 
grees  of  pure-bied  Berkshire  Swine;  also  to 
collect  and  disseiuiiiato  iufonnation  calculated 
to  advance  the  interests  of  Swiue  breeders 
generally. 
In  furtherance  of  a  part  of  its  work,  and  in 
view  of  tho  favor  with  which  tho  Premium 
Essay  on  the  Oiigiu,  Breeding  and  Management 
of  Berkshiuitf  was  received,  the  Association  has 
decided  to  offer  anoUier  Premium  of  4100  for 
tlio  host  approved  Essay  ou  tho  Diseases  of 
Swine,  their  Causes,  PrevenUvos  and  I’veuiedios. 
Said  Essay  to  bo  practical  ami  oxbivustivo.  The 
competing  Essays  to  bo  forwarded  to  this  office 
on  or  boforo  tho  Ist  of  January,  1S7T.  Tho 
award  will  bo  made  and  tho  mouey  paid  at  tho 
annual  meeting  in  February  following.  All 
oompoting  Essays  will  bo  the  property  of  tho 
Association. 
Competition  is  invited  from  all  practical  men 
who  have  given  attention  to  tho  diseases  to 
which  Swine  aio  subject.  Prof.  l,aw  of  Cornell 
University,  N.  Y.;  Prof.  Bmiili  of  Toronto 
Veterinary  College,  Canada ;  Hon.  T.  C.  Jones 
of  the  “  Nationsl  J.ive  Block  .Journal.'’’  aud  E. 
G.  Bedford,  Msq.  of  Kentucky,  have  kindly  coii- 
serilwl  to  act  as  ihe  Awarding  (.'ommilteo. 
Tho  Preininra  Essay  will  appear  in  Vol.  II.  of 
tlie  American  Berksliiro  Record  now  in  course  of 
preparation,  tho  pedigrees  fur  which,  as  fast  as 
approved  and  certified,  have  Il<!C.oid  numbers 
as.'lgtifd  tliom,  and  ccrlillcatea  of  registry  for- 
•ninied  hi  ])artio«  ciilitlyd  to  tho  s.ame.  iu  ad- 
vauLO  of  publication  111  Vol.  11.  Address,  Becre 
tary  American  Berkshire  .Association,  Bpriiig- 
fleld,  Illinois. 
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