SEPT.29 
THE BDRAL NEW-YORKER. 
tlic wants of a follow sportsman and direct mo 
wliore I can obtain an untrained pup. Also tho 
price I would have to pay for tho samo. 
Am—Address Field Editor of Turf, Field and 
Farm, or Forest and Stream, Now York, as to 
those who soil Pointers and Rotters. 
Tho prioo will depend entirely upon tho ago 
and parentage. Yon can buy a good pup six 
mouths old for twenty-five dollars. 
A. ff, A'riif York —I do not boo in any Flor¬ 
ist’s catalogue, two plants that I would like to 
have I. Oaulthoriaprocumbensand 2. Arbutus 
unedo. Can yon tell mo how I can got them ? 
Am- t. Clot it in tho woods or pastures of 
your neighborhood. 2. It is not hardy in this 
climate. You can procure Heeds of James M. 
Tuoiuunw A Co., 15 John St., N. Y. 
/{. M. C. -(1). When should evergreen Hoods 
bo planted -spring or fall ? (2). Will Shepher- 
dia argontoa make a good hedge plant ? 
Am—1. About tho last of April. 
2. Wo have never seen a hedge of the Rhop- 
hordia argentoa, (Buffalo-berry) hut know not 
why it should not answer quite well for that pur¬ 
pose, as the twigH terminate in sharp points and 
it is of quite rapid growth. Our Inquirer may 
not be aware that tins male and female (lowers 
are upon different plants, and that its hoautifiil 
fruit will not form unions the sexes are placed 
neat to each other. In a hedge, perhaps one 
staminnto plant to half a dozen pistillate plants 
would suilieo. Tho scarlet fruit is relished by 
some, 
Jonaa (toiler .—We did not Hay the *800 house 
plau was to ho immediately followed by one for 
*1000. But we shall give such a plan in the 
course of tlio series. 
II. K. If. If possible will you kindly give mo 
tho name of enclosed plants, found growing on 
roadside at Ileoket, Berkshire Co., Mass. 
Arts.—Geutiana erinita. 
A. II. Botghller .—Wo have handed your re¬ 
quest to our architect, who will make tho plan 
you suggest. 
M.Mallhews ,—Ir Iota desires further iufor- 
rnalion, you are at liberty to givo him n.y ad¬ 
dress. 
M. E. /!., Meeker Co., Minn .—The plant is 
Epilobium angiistifolium. 
Will “ F.rmcngardo ” please favor tho editors 
with her name and addross. 
Communications row Foulication IIeokivicu 
the Week Ending Septbmiieu 22. 
G. E. 11.—J. M. Matthews. B. C. D.—O. F. 
MoC.—G. A S. M. Co. W. C. L. D.—M. W — 
Estelio Miller. -A. H. F.—D. F. J. Goraldiuo 
Germane.—Win. T. T.—Mrs. N. B.—8. D. L B 
—M.-J. C. C. M. 8. I'V-H. F. MoC. J. K. 
O.— E. M.—II. II. 
SHEEP IN CONNECTICUT. 
Dkau UuriAn: Tu my rides about tho coun¬ 
try, 1 have soon hut very few sheep, and inquired 
of ono of tlio farmers why no more wore kept. 
Well, Maid ho, “ sheep somehow don’t seem 
to do well. They got tho scab or tho loot-ail, or 
some other disease, and bosidc, wool ain’t very 
high now.” 
f wasn’t satisfied, and pursued the investiga¬ 
tion. Finally ho became more communicative, 
and continued: 
“Fact i8,’*said ho, “we used to think wo 
couldn't do any hotter than to keep a few sheep. 
There ain’t no way to bring up an old pasture 
better tbau to turn in sheep. It don’t take much 
to keep them ; they will live well where other 
critters would starve, and then leave the past¬ 
ure better than they found it. They keep easy 
through the winter and it ain't much trouble to 
take care of them. They inorouso fast; tho wool 
always hriugs cash, and it comes in real handy 
to have a leg of mutton or a spring lamb Home- 
times. Hheep are kind o’ risky, to he sure, but 
I would have a Hook as quick as I could get ’em, 
if it wasn’t for the pesky dogs.” 
But, said I, “ don’t you have finch laws rel¬ 
ative to sheep-killing dogs as enable you to col¬ 
lect from their owners an amount equal to tlio 
damage that they do ?” 
“ Talk about laws," said ho, ** now T will tell 
JOII all about itand ho loaned against, tlio 
l0,,< *’ apparently searching for a comfortable 
position, while i found a seat on a rock near by. 
lours ago wo u«od to keep some sheep, and 
every little while there would be trouble by some¬ 
thing or other dogs, wo guessed -and then wo 
would he and watch for ’em. When we watched 
they didn't come, and when wo didn’t watch 
fiomo mornings we would find a sheep killed. 
W e knew well enough it was a (log, but every 
oiler that kept a cur would say it was a fox and 
10 n lltkl? - foxes have been as scarce as 
lien’s teeth here for more nor twenty year. Well, 
sometimes we would see a dog hanging around 
the lot, and if we actually caught him with tlio 
sheep fresh killed and tho wool sticking to his 
!"'tli, that was only a beginning of tlio trouble. 
Nobody wants a fuss with his neighbor, and if 
yon lull a roller's dog ho won’t never forgive you 
for it. and ir you take tho law on him, the chances 
are you can’t get anything; for tlio rule is, tho 
mom dogs a feller keeps tho less dollars lie lias ; 
and even if you collect anything, it. ain’t likely to 
bo any more than the lawyer charges you, and 
you don I git anything for tlio sheep, and have 
all your trouble for nothing and the ill will of 
your neighbor forever after. Ho the law wasn’t 
good for nothing, mid they have tried another 
way. Now tho law is that every dog must have 
a collar on him and tho owner's name on the col- 
lur, uud the owner must pay two dollars a year 
inlo tho town treasury to make up a fund out of 
which to pay Tor all sheep that dogs kill; and if 
you find a dog that hasn't got a collar on. you 
can kill him ir you like, and the owner can’t, hurt 
you for it, and tlio owner must pay (lie town for 
all tlio sheep that ho kills. But there is lots of 
harm done to a flock beside killing. Where a 
dog gets among them it runs them so that it 
takes them a lung time to get over it, and you 
can t get no damages for that. Now maybe 
yon liav'n’t Boon many dogs around here that 
wear collars, if it is law that, they shall. Nobody 
is much afraid of having his dog killed ; and 
there ain't many that nro worth two dollars any¬ 
how. And just yon see how easy it is to get out 
of it. It you catch a dog lulling sheep, there 
won’t anybody own up to owning iff him. Go to 
tho house whore lie gets his feed, und the feller 
will say, ‘That dog ain’t none of my dog, IIo 
has been hanging about, boro awhile, hut he’s no 
good, and 1 wish somebody would shoot him 
and then what arc you going to do about iti So 
you see it's a mighty small dog insurance fund 
wo have, and it ain't any more to be depended 
upon than some of tho life Insurance funds. Fact 
is," said ho, in conclusion, “dogs ain’t no good 
no how.” 
On my way homo I tried to make out this prob¬ 
lem : If tlio keeping of a thousand sheep would 
add only a thousand dollars a year to the wealth 
of the township, how much is the real loss from 
dog keeping, not considering the risk or life from 
vicious or mad dogs 't 
Bloomfield, Conn., Sept. is. At K 
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COMMENCING SHEEP HUSBANDRY. 
1IY OUtl. OAUUNEB. 
Mm Hales’ ndvieo is vory good respecting 
commencing tho poultry business at this season 
of the year, and will apply equally well to sheep 
husbandry and stoek ruining generally. For 
many roasous Rep tom her j„ the boat time of the 
year to commence Hheep husbandry. Tho hum 
or shell can then be built and all arrangements 
made before tho cold sets in. After deciding on 
the number of ewes anil tho breed of tho rams 
you will use, obtain them at once, so that the 
lambs will bo dropped early in sp ring Favoh nro 
cheap at this season of tho year, and good ones 
can bo bought low, especially those which have 
Buckled lambs, and consequently are not fat 
enough for mutton. A farmer who wishes to 
raise his owe lambs and breed up to a first-class 
Hook, can select puro-bred rams and his first 
lambs will ho at once half-bred, whereas if ho 
begins in spring, and buys owes and lambs, tho 
latter will he no hotter bred than their dams, 
and thus a year is lost. 
If you buy owes in autumn, yon can haven 
far greater choice than at any other season, and 
can pick out those of the ages you deem most 
suitable for your purpose. Moreover, tho rams, 
if carried from the North into the South, will, at 
this season of the year, become acclimated, and 
as tlio weather gradually cools, they will feel the 
change loss than at any other time. 
Ah sheep husbandry is likely to be far more gen¬ 
erally entered upon in the South, because of tho 
milder winters, ami the cheapness there or food 
and shelter, it may ho well to caution all engag¬ 
ing in the business to avoid advice from West¬ 
ern or Southern men, excepting j u guarding 
against any dangers attending the flocks ; for 
(ho practice among them is to keep the wether 
lambs in tins lloclt and siiuar them, year after 
year, because they cut heavier fleeces tlmu tho 
ewes that raise iambs: but this is an unwise 
custom, because although tlio ewe does cut a 
lighter fleece, yet her lamb and tho fleece both 
together are very much better than a ilocco only. 
Any one entering on a good system of Hheep 
farming should feed well, and have to look 
after them a man who is trustworthy and under¬ 
stands them. An English shepherd, witli tho 
superintendence of an employer who lias suf¬ 
ficient intelligence to explain to him tho modi¬ 
fications necessary on account of the difference 
in climate and the absence of some English com¬ 
forts, etc., would he likely to givo satisfaction, 
and a good income could ho en joyed from a farm 
with good grass land on it, without using much 
capital, and without going to any but a trilling 
expeuse in labor; and when once Tairly started, 
increase of land and Hooka might follow till tlio 
business became immense. 
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