result  wliich  is  the  snpromo  object  of  the  farmer 
— tlie  highcHt  possible  roinuuoratiou  for  bis 
capital  anti  labor. 
And  all  this  concerning  sbeep  is  true  of  fine 
breeds  of  cattle,  horses,  hogs  and  poultry.  In 
tho  face  of  those  indisputable  facts  the  mass  of 
the  people  should  not  hamlle  scrub  stock,  and 
entertain  an  ignorant  oi)iK)Hitlon  to  line  breeds. 
There  is  one  supremo  reason  for  this.  1’ho  mass 
of  pooplo  do  not  read  papers  devoted  to  livo- 
stook  interests,  and  are  wholly  ignorant  of  the 
vast  progress  that  is  being  made  by  the  more  in¬ 
telligent  ranks  of  farmers.  There  are  seotions  of 
Kentueky  where  the  improved  breeds  of  stock 
are  almost  nnknow'ii.  It  is  only  a  small  unmbor 
of  nuni  who  are  alive  to  it,  and  keep  tliemsolvoa, 
thopngbly  posted  in  regard  to  the  progress  of 
agricultural  science  and  the  breeding  of  the  best 
animals,  while  tho  masses  remain  in  the  old  nits, 
following  nft<!r  tho  eustoms  of  a  bnndi'od  years 
ago.  If  farmers  would  elevate  their  oalUng  and 
render  it  more  romiinerativo,  they  rmist  put 
themselves  in  living  connection  witli  tho  intellec¬ 
tual  spirit  of  the  ago. 
To  take  another  Uno  of  argument.  A  farm, 
say,  of  fifteen  or  twenty  acres,  will  only  support 
a  certain  number  of  sheep  or  oxen  according  to 
its  fertility  of  soil ;  all  other  feeding  stuff,  oil 
cake,  &o.,  will  have  to  bo  paid  for  extra,  and 
that  in  liigh  proportion.  Calculate  out  the  prod¬ 
uct  of  this  in  beef  and  mutton  for  the  market. 
So  many  oxen  or  sheep  of  such  and  sueli  weight 
can  be  raised,  but  what  can  we  say  of  poulta'y  ? 
In  thi.s  enso  so  much  does  not  depend  on  tho 
quality  and  richness  of  soil ;  and  a  greater  weight 
of  poultry  at  less  cost,  as  I  purpose  showing  in 
my  next  article,  will  bo  raised  than  could  bo  of 
beef  or  mutton. 
Poultry,  it  is  true,  are  liable  to  disease,  so  are 
sheep  and  ijxen.  With  twenty  acres,  too,  if 
properly  managed  nearly  every  rc(piisito  might 
be  raised  for  tho  stock  kept.  i;ould  this  bo  done 
in  ordinary  farming?  Pyres,  cattlo-steiiding, 
grariarios,  would  in  tbo  case  of  an  ordinary  farm 
bo  on  a  much  larger  and  more  oxpoiisivo  scale 
than  need  bo  for  a  poultry  farm. 
There  is  only  one  question  that  seems  to  nio  of 
vital  importance  now  left  for  consideration— Is 
there  a  good  and  conveiuently  situnled  market 
for  your  poultry,  easy  of  access,  and  wliero  fair 
wliolosalo  prices  can  bo  obtained  ?  If  so,  I  can 
see  no  reason  to  doubt  success. 
I  have  for  tbo  last  ciglit  or  ton  years  raised 
poultry  in  a  largo  way  for  my  own  consumption 
fsolUng  ordy  at  times  the  surplus),  frequently 
having  tliroo  or  four  hundred  birds  young  and 
old  in  my  yards,  and  averaging  over  five  thou¬ 
sand  eggs  per  annum,  with  always  a  fair  suiiply 
during  winter  from  young  pullets.  Tho  direct 
gain  in  money  was  comparatively  small,  Inas¬ 
much  as  my  runs  were  contracted,  so  entailing 
exti’a  feeding,  and  little  produce  wont  to  market, 
and  that  not  of  the  best  description  ;  but  indi¬ 
rectly  my  butcher’s  book  was  greatly  relieved, 
and  I  always  bad  a  pleasant  variety  of  food  for 
tbo  table.  I  bred  Houdans,  PraJuuas,  Cbincijo 
and  common  Geese,  Peruvian  and  common 
Ducks. 
As  to  the  question  of  brooding  for  actual  profit, 
I  have  not  bitborto  tried  it ;  but  so  convinced 
am  I  from  my  past  oxperienco  as  an  amateur 
that  it  will  or  should  pay  that  I  Intend  shortly, 
in  conjuuctiou  with  a  friend  of  mine,  to  under¬ 
take  poultry  farming  on  a  fairly  large  scale,  be¬ 
ginning  moderately  at  first,  and  eventually,  if 
successful,  extending  our  sphere  of  action. 
So  far  I  have  given  you  and  your  rea<lors  juy 
ideas  and  experience,  hoping  that  others  will 
take  up  this  question  and  give  us  the  benetit  of 
tbeiralvico:  in  any  case  they  must  look  upon 
the  question  in  tbo  proper  light  -viz.,  profit  and 
loss. 
churned  at  a  tempei-atiire  of  about  and  care 
is  taken  to  have  the  temperature  at  as  near  this 
point  as  possible.  It  is  churned  until  the  butter 
forms  in  granules  about  the  size  of  buckwheat 
kernels,  wlieu  it  is  loft  at  rest  for  about  5  min¬ 
utes  ;  then  the  buttermilk  is  turned  off  and  cold 
water  poured  into  tho  chimn.  Tho  butter  should 
become  bard  before  stirring  much;  then  rinse 
with  cold  water  until  it  nuis  off  clear. 
The  butler  is  now  gathered  together,  the  water 
poured  out,  and  salt  added  at  the  rate  of  one 
pound  of  salt  for  every  IS  pounds  of  butter.  It 
is  now  set  aside  in  a  cool  place  untd  next  day, 
when  it  is  worked  and  packed  in  tho  same  way  as 
other  butter. 
We  have  seen  very  nice  Whey  Butter  made  in 
this  manner,  and  when  fresh  it  is  quite  palatable 
and  fully  equ.al  to  the  best  grades  of  Cream  But¬ 
ter.  Whey  Butter,  of  course,  can  never  bo  ex¬ 
pected  to  have  the  fine  aroma  and  smooth  taste 
of  the  finest  grades  of  Cream  Butter,  but  when 
well  made,  it  passes  current  for  ordinary  Cream 
Butk'r.  It  should  bo  consumed  while  fresh,  as 
it  does  not  keep  so  well  as  butter  from  cream. 
MOJRE  SHEEP  WANTED 
Fuojr  almost  every  rpiartor  of  tho  country  wo 
hear  complaints  of  sheep  being  unprofitable  at 
the  present  prices  of  wool  and  mutton.  In  sev¬ 
eral  instances  wo  have  noticed  articles  going  tho 
rounds  of  tho  press  headed.  “  What  shall  wo  do 
witli  our  sboop  ”  and  other  similar  titles  which 
are  likely  to  causo  those  engaged  in  shoop 
busbaiidry  to  bo  alarmed  at  the  future  prosiKiets 
of  their  very  important  industry, 
Now,  it  is  uu  old  saying  that  “straws  show 
which  way  tbo  wind  blows,”  and  wo  think  tboro 
are  somo  straws  coimoctcd  with  the  wool  interest 
which  may  bo  watched  in  ardor  that  tho  fanner 
may  soo  whether  it  is  advi.stible  for  him  to  kill 
oil",  or  keep  Ids  Hooks.  Wool  is  a  slaiilo  artlelo 
always  In  demand,  and  for  which  a  cortiun 
amount  of  money  can  bo  obtained,  and  tlio  only 
question  for  our  farmers  to  doeido  is  whether 
they  can  produce  it  with  profit,  not  by  basing 
their  calculations  upon  tho  lowest  prico,  but 
upon  tbo  average  for  a  series  of  years.  As  tho 
prices  of  all  staple  articles  aro  liable  to  fluctua¬ 
tions  tho  only  safe  guide  in  their  production  is  to 
base  all  ealeiilatious  of  profit  upon  averages, 
and  in  douig  this  with  wool  wo  tbiuk  there  are 
very  good  and  substantial  reasons  to  be  hopeful 
for  the  future.  One  straw  wliicb  points  to  a 
hopeful  future  is  the  fuel  that  we  have  not  as 
yet  been  able  to  produce  all  the  wool  requmed 
for  our  own  use  in  this  country. 
Last  year  we  paiil  foreign  couutrioB  some 
$.')fl,000, 000  for  woolen  goods,  aud  about  ^11,- 
000,000  for  wool,  iiud  to  make  up  tliis  deficiency 
wo  lined  Boine  twenty  inillloii  more  sheep.  If 
our  farmers  conqilaiii  of  tlie  low  prico  of  wool, 
what  can  tliey  say  of  it  in  countries  whence 
tho  defii.'iency  In  our  own  markets  is  moilo  up. 
(Jaimot  we  [iroduco  wool  as  cheap  as  the  foreign 
producer  can  land  it  in  our  mai’kots,  with  all  the 
extra  ex]ieiise  to  which  he  is  compelled  to  submit 
before  placing  it  ill  coiupetitiou  with  the  homo 
raised  article  ?  If  not,  why  not  ?  We  have  as 
cheap  lands  as  any  nation,  and  a-s  good  a  climato 
for  shoop  husbandry  as  can  ho  found  on  tbo 
globe,  consequently,  4.here  must  be  somothiiig 
wrong  eitlior  in  the  breeds,  or  manageinont  of 
flocks,  which  makes  wool-growing  iinprolUablo, 
if  it  is  really  so,  as  froqiieiiMy  assorted. 
But  wo  aro  ineliiied  to  boliovo  that  sheep  hus¬ 
bandry  is  as  profitable  as  any  other  branch  of 
agrieiilturo,  iiiul  although  there  may  be  somo 
“  bad  years”  still  upon  tbo  whole,  raising  wool 
and  miilton  will  yiold  as  largo  returns  for  the 
capital  and  labor  invested  as  tho  production  of 
beef,  iiork,  or  any  of  tho  ordinary  farm  crops. 
Kiiisitig  wool  is  not  so  exhaustivo  to  laud  as 
the  raising  of  grain,  aud  tho  difforonco  should 
always  be  placed  to  tho  credit  of  the  wool  crop, 
which,  it  is  to  be  feared,  many  of  our  farmers  fail 
to  do  m  niakiiig  up  their  accounts.  Tho  balance 
shoot,  if  it  shows  only  tho  cash  part  of  a  farmer's 
operation  with  sheep,  and  especially  if  it  docs 
not  extend  over  a  period  of  more  than  one  or 
two  years,  xvill  not  give  a  fair  exhibit  of  either 
profit  or  loss,  for  fields  may  have  been  enriched  to 
such  an  extout  that  they  will  give  a  large  increase 
in  tho  yiold  of  grain,  grass,  or  other  crops  for 
several  years  after  tlie  sheep  have  been  removed. 
Taking  this  favorable  view  of  the  subject  we 
would  not  advise  farmers  to  sell  or  othorwiso 
dispose  of  their  flocks,  but  endeavor  to  improve 
and  luci  easo  the  number.  It  may  bo  necessary 
ill  some  instances  to  find  a  more  economical 
method  of  keeping  and  feeding,  hut  this  can 
readily  bo  done  by  studying  the  systems  prac¬ 
ticed  by  the  most  successful  breeders  in  this 
and  other  countries. 
FALL-MAKE  OF  DAIRY  PRODUCTS 
ANIMALS  KILLED  BY  EATING  WHEAT 
EARS. 
The  fall-make  of  Butter  and  Cheese  through¬ 
out  the  central  counties  of  Now  York  is  likely  to 
ho  very  much  less  than  tho  average  of  former 
years.  The  severe  drought  and  its  long  contiiiu- 
ance  not  only  cut  off  food  in  pastures,  but  it 
seriously  affected  the  growth  of  tho  after-feed  of 
meadows,  which  is  largely  relied  iiimn  by  dairy¬ 
men  for  keeping  up  tho  flow  of  milk  during  the 
fall  season. 
Wo  have  reports  from  dakymou  in  several 
counties,  and  they  all  speak  of  tho  lumsually  low 
yiold  of  milk  through  September  and  October. 
The  recent  heavy  frosts  have,  of  course,  in j  ared 
what  little  grass  remains,  and  wo  cannot  hojie 
for  either  u  large  qiiiintity  or  tlie  best  quality  of 
dairy  grass  from  this  time  out.  As  was  re¬ 
marked  by  a  leading  dairyman  of  llerlumer  Co., 
yesterday,  Oct,  ‘2:3 "  Tho  dairy  season  is  about 
over  aud  wo  are  now  gutting  only  the  driblets, 
which  should  commoiico  fully  a  mouth  later.” 
It  is  a  question  now  with  dairymen  as  to  how 
much  tho  short  crop  will  affect  prices.  Tho 
September  and  October  clieose  is  admitted  to  be 
of  very  lino  (piality,  and  tho  imiiression  prevails 
among  the  f-iotories  generally  that  it  will  fully 
command  11  cunts  and  upward  before  navigation 
closes. 
The  recent  damp,  rainy  weather  has  in  various 
ways  interfered  with  tho  health  and  thriving  of 
tiio  live  stock  of  the  fai  iu.  The  soft,  rapidly- 
grown,  sncoulent  grass  and  other  grotui  fwldcr 
has  not  now  so  much  nutriment  as  could  ho 
desired,  says  tho  North  Bntisli  Agricultiu'ist, 
and  unless  supnlomontcd  with  niiti  itlvo  dry  food 
cannot  generally  iiroducc  either  growth  or  fat. 
Ah  tho  nights  get  long  and  cold,  aud  tho  lodgings 
bad,  tho  deficient  uoui’iBhment  of  tho  grass 
becomes  more  uotieouble,  and  young  cattle  or 
sheep  kept  iipnu  tho  pastiu'es,  by-aml-by  suffer 
from  aniomia  or  bliKiiilosBiiasH,  got  pot-beilicd, 
and  die  froie  lUarrlnea  or  from  somo  form  of 
dropsical  disease,  which  in  many  parts  of  tho 
country  is  aptly  enough  callcil  “tho  water.” 
But  llio  wet,  rank  grasses,  unless  cautiously 
used,  induce  more  direct  aud  iimiiediato  gastrio 
derangeineiit,  especially  hoveii,  eolie,  and  diar- 
rli<ea.  Cattle  aud  sheep  turned  on  luxuriant 
olovors  when  wet  conhibute  largo  nuiubors  of 
hovoii  easeii,  while  stioh  dump,  foinoiitesoiblo 
food  IncreahOH  tbo  list  of  tbose  attacks  of  in¬ 
flamed  bowels  and  weed  now  prevalliug  among 
uitUlTerenlly  iiiaiiagod  rarm  bouses.  Last  week 
wo  noticed  tlie  frequency  of  abortion  in  cattlir- 
tho  result  of  tbo  grasses  becouiiiig  ergoted  by 
tbo  coiitiiined  luoisturo  of  tlio  past  six  weeks, 
while  similar  conditions  iiroliably  aocoiiut  for 
cases  of  red  water  which  are  reported  to  occur  in 
various  (lurts  of  the  country. 
The  stock  on  many  iiralile  lands  have  also 
suffered  from  tho  dripping  aiituiun.  Considera¬ 
ble  MicknesM  and  some  mortality  -all  perfectly 
pro ventiblfl— have  in  many  quarters  resulted 
from  animals  being  thongbtlessly  turned  on  to 
the  wet  stubbles,  and  greedily  outiug  tlie  damp 
swollen  ears,  especially  of  wheat.  Homo  horses 
and  many  colts  treated  to  a  run  on  tho  stubbles, 
wliieh  the  l•aillM  have  often  prevented  being 
raked  as  carefully  as  usual,  have  been  attacked 
with  colic,  and  where  wheat  has  been  partaken 
of,  large  miinbers  have  sufferoJ  from  lamiiiitis. 
Cattle  and  sheep  tuinod  on  to  stubbles,  and 
gorging  themselves  witli  the  sodden  wheat  oars 
nave  bocomo  tympanitic,  colioked.  and  have 
sometimes  died  widiiri  tweiitv-foui'  hours. 
Hero  is  a  tyjiical  case  of  the  tnisebief  effected 
among  a  choice  flock  of  120  ewes  indulged  in  a 
few  hourft’  run  over  an  uiirakod  and  uugleaned 
wheat  atubblo.  On  a  damp  niorning,  about 
eight,  the  owes  wore  allowed  to  roiun  tho 
stubble ;  about  three  in  tho  afternoon  they  wore 
rblumod  to  the  old  pasture  from  which  they  had 
laieu  romovMd  hi  tho  morning.  Nothing  amiss 
was  observable  that  evening ;  but  next  morning 
about  half  the  owes  were  rustless,  pained,  pawing 
and  Hcrateliing  witli  their  forefeet,  ruiiuuation 
suspended,  the  belly  overfill,  tho  bowels  con¬ 
fined,  some  straining  considerably.  'I’ympanitiis 
and  dullness  iucroased,  and  live  sheep  died 
shortly  afior  noon,  aud  about  twenty  hours  after 
being  placeil  in  the  fatal  stubble.  For  auotlior 
day  fresh  case.s,  although  of  a  milder  character, 
continued  to  occur,  ana  half  a  dozen  of  the  first 
patients  died.  In  tho  sheep  openc'd.  tho  rumen 
was  distended  with  the  swollen  heads  of  wheat, 
which  wore  only  sliglilly  Hiiflmusd  or  changed. 
Very  httlo  either  of  tho  grain,  chaff,  or  straw 
j  had  got  lieyoiid  tho  first  stomach.  In  two  cases 
I  tho  enticular  coat  of  the  stomach  was  readily 
peeled  off'  and  disclosed  underneath  patches  of 
cougestion ;  but  excepting  these  iiatebes,  which 
were  not  noticed  in  all  casos,  no  congestion  or 
inflammation  was  disco vuhhI  in  the  digestive 
canal,  and  all  tho  otlier  organa  were  liealthy. 
The  treatment  adopted  consisted  in  placing 
the  affected  aminals  in  a  yard  where  they  liad  no 
solid  footl,  allowing  them  as  mucb  boiled  liuaeed 
{p-uel  as  they  would  take,  giving  or  (i  ounces  of 
iiiHced  oil,  mixed  with  gruel,  aud  administered 
in  gruel  or  beer  every  two  hours,  about  a  dram 
ciieli  of  animonia,  carbonate  and  spirit.  This 
atiuiulant  truatinoiit  appears  to  have  given  relief, 
and  bad  iL  been  adopted  earlier  might  have  saved 
some  of  the  eleven  sheep  lost.  I  n  all  such  cases 
CAN  A  POULTRY  FARM  PAY1 
AMOUNT  OF  FOOD  A  FOWL  WILL  CON¬ 
SUME. 
A  coRnE.si'ON'oEXT  of  tho  London  Journal  of  _ 
Horticulture  gives  us  his  opinion  in  regard  to  the  y  g  Hobokem  says :  “  I  have  seen  in  tho 
above  subject  which  may  interest  some  of  the  Htatemeut  to  tbo  effect  that  tho  several 
many  poultry  raisers  who  read  the  Buiun  New  ..ariolios  of  fowls  consume  tho  same  amount  of 
ioRKEU  :  food.  As  1  am  a  beginner  in  keeping  fowls  this 
“  This  qnoBtion  has  been  fudy  answered  in  the  ^  importance  to  me.  Please  answer 
affirmative  by  our  neighbors  tho  French.  Hith-  following  questions ;  1st.  Will  it  cost  me  only 
erto  with  118  tho  attempts  have  ended  more  or  grain  to  feed  one  of  the  smaller  breeds,  as 
less  iu  failure ;  but  is  that  a  reason,  if  a  proper  keep  a  Brahma  ?  2d.  Which  variety  of 
method  is  adopted  and  due  care  and  suporvl.sion  non-sitters  do  you  consider  best  ?  3d.  Which 
exercised,  that  wo  should  not  succeed  in  the  fii-  variety  would  you  advise  mo  to  keep  iu  my  “  city  ” 
turo  ?  From  the  accounts  I  have  before  me  of  ?” 
the  French  poultry  farms  I  gather  that  if  we  ,  ™  .  ,  .  .  „ 
follow  then-  example  and  breed  for  sain,  just  as  ,  .  ,  „  ^ 
J.  „  .  „  n  :  1  .  1  .u  which  V.  a.  refers  was  that  of  a  correspondent, 
ordinary  farmers  do  their  sheep  and  oxen,  there  ,, 
is  no  apparent  reason  whv  a  fairly  remmieriitivu  m  ‘ 
profit  should  not  be  realized  by  poultry  farmers  not  agree  with  tho  gentleman  a  views. 
•  ii  •„  n  t  II  11  1  It  18  a  question  that  can  bo  accm-ately  answered, 
lu  this  country.  My  belief  is  that  all  attempts  ,  i  ■  . 
i  iv,  1  J  /-•  1.1  111  and  we  have  now  on  our  desk  a  letter  giving  at 
hitherto  in  tireat  Britain  have  been  undortakon  ,  . 
,  •  1  1  ,  11  ,  ■  ,1,1  •  length  some  practical  views  on  the  siibiect. 
aud  earned  out  on  a  fallacious  basis.  The  mama  „  .  ...  ....  , 
,  .  .  .  ,  ,  -  111-  ,  Pressiiro  of  matter  keeps  it  out  of  oui‘ CO  uuius 
for  pnzo-wiiiuuig  and  fancy  exhibiting  has  -  ,  t 
.  ,  4  •  .for  the  present.  Meanwhile,  wo  answer  his 
helped  to  bar  success.  Again,  too  expensive  and  „  .  ,  ,  .  . 
elaborate  biiiklings,  Ao.,  have  been  another  cause  odious  m  a  genera  way.  .s  .  am  urgs, 
ofWluro.  Loot  toKono  of  our  mo.t  mcooa.-  ““  “  iiool  or  ■  v„.ot.c,  o»t 
.  ,  ,  ,  ,.  ,  ,  ,  ,  rrmai  lens  than  Brahmas,  fid.  The  Asiatics, 
ful  breeders:  ordinary  wooden  houses  have  been  „  ,  .  .. 
,  -  I  41  •  .  •  ,  ,  Brahmas  or  Cochins  bear  confinement  well,  and 
enough  for  them,  aud  their  birds  liave  every-  .  ^  4  ,  ,  ..  . 
,  J  T4  41  ^  for  V.  H.  we  suggest  that  he  keep  a  half  dozen 
where  gamed  commendation.  Let,  therefore,  „  1  >  1  . 
,  ,  4  ,  ,  4  '  ,  Brahma  hens  and  a  cock,  together  with  a  trio 
economy  and  real,  not  elaborate,  eflicioncy  be  our  ,,4  1  l.  • 
^  of  ( lame  Bantams.  The  latter  will  always  thrive 
,  4  T  4  11  ..ir,  .4  t  ■  41  with  larger  fowls,  being  active  and  keeping  out 
Ist,  Let  tliere  be  plenty  of  space  m  tho  open  ,  4,  ■  ,•  ,  •  4,  ^  . 
m  *  „  14  new  It  I  I  of  tbeir  way,  piekuig  up  the  “  leavings,  aiiduot 
runs.  The  poultry  will  hud  for  themselves  much  ,  1.  4u  •  1-  •  ,V 
A  1  I  Iv  ...  4  .  I  »  n  ..  1  crosH-breediug  with  their  big  neighbors, 
good  and  wholesome  natural  food,  and  so  save  .  .  e>  e 
extra  feeding.  2nd,  Let  the  home  feeding  be  *  '•^’^ting  up  an  egg  basket  ”  in  a 
regular  aud  liberal,  but  not  excessive ;  your  ®oiall  way ,  he  can  try  a  dozen  rjcghorns  or  Ham- 
birds  tlien  will  always  bo  in  good  health  and  ^orgs  instead  of  Brahmas,  but  ho  must  hear  in 
condition.  3rd,  Whether  you  purpose  producing  tohid  that  they  must  be  kept  scrupulously  clean 
eggs  or  meat  for  tho  table,  choose  suitable  in  so  small  a  place.  But  if  ho  merely  wishes  the 
breeds  for  each  object.  Do  not,  however,  use  pleasure  of  feeding  a  few  good  looking  fowls  in 
too  many  different  breeds,  as  that  involves  com-  back  yard,  aud  trviug  the  temper  of  hislauu- 
plicatioiiB  iu  your  houses,  yai'ds,  and  accommo-  ‘Iress  by  having  a  few  birds  walk  over  “the 
dation  generally,  Ith,  Let  your  personal  super-  s  wash  every  Monday,  wo  tiuuk  Brahmas 
vision  be  constant,  and  employ  only  the  best  and  answer  hispuriKise  as  well  as  any  other. 
most  trustworthy  assintauts.  In  fact  the  great  cry  raised  against  Brahmas 
I  have  lately  read  with  pleasure,  in  5Ir.  L.  is,  that  they  are  enormous  eaters— even  making 
Wright’s  book  on  imnltry,  of  the  liellair  (Fi'ench)  allowance  for  the  return  of  eggs  and  meat.  2d. 
farm,  that  if  iuteiidiug  poultry  fiuTuers  here  took  |  Both  Hambiirgs  and  Leghorns  are  famous  layers  fleece  is  modiimi.  Tho  Shropshires  stand  next 
this  as  their  model,  and  only  unproved  upon  it  1  and  uon-aittors.  The  I.eghorus  mature  oarUor  in  meat  quality,  and  are  next  tti  Cotswolds  iu 
BO  far  as  their  own  experieaco  and  tliat  of  cele-  \  than  tho  Hamburgs,  but  tho  Hamburgs  outlay  fleeces.  Tho  profits  of  these  breeds  aro  vciy 
brated  poultry  breeders  suggested,  they  would  1  Lcgliorus,  both  iu  tho  number  of  eggs  aud  great  in  times  of  ordinary  prosperity,  and  under 
soon  have  a  sound  system  to  work  on  aud  sue-  the  total  weight  of  the  year’s  laying.  all  ciicumstaucea  it  is  best  for  the  farmer  to 
cess  bo  assured.  '  T.  W.  W.  breed  them,  because  they  pay  better — tho  grand 
THE  BEST  SHEEP  FOR  THE  FARMERS, 
some  of  tho  eleven  sheep  lost, 
it  is  unwise  to  give  large  or  reiterated  dosos  of 
piu’gative  rmwlioino ;  one  or  about  two  doses  of 
mixed  linseed  and  castor  oil  uro  much  safer  and 
equally  effectual ;  solid  food  should  bo  inter¬ 
dicted  until  rumination  is  established  and  tJio 
bowels  regularly  ujMjned.  Soft,  sloppy  mosaes 
assist  the  action  of  Iho  oils,  while  frequent 
small  doses  of  stimulants  brace  up  tho  digostivo 
organa  to  their  work  of  getting  rid  of  tho  indi- 
gontiblo  matters. 
These  cases  should  warn  agriculturists  against 
tnrniug  their  stocli  011  tho  stubbles,  particularly 
if  there  is  much  grain  left,  or  it  has  got  wot  and 
growing.  Esiiocial  caution  is  requisito  when 
first  the  animals  arc  turned  out,  as  they  are  ap 
more  greedily  to  devour  the  vmaccustomed  food 
