Devon Cow Myrtle—[H. B. 909.] 
Bred by James Quartly—Calved January, 1852.—Sire Earl of Exeter, [38] Dam, Picture, [342] Imported 
August, 1854, by J. A. Tain tor, for J. Howard McHenry. 
ed the 2d prize, and before be was imported in ’54, 
had also received a number of honors abroad. 
A young bull of his get out of Strawberry, “ Cru¬ 
sade,” is coming forward as finely as his owner could 
desire. He will be two years old in September, and 
at the last State Show at Cincinnati, when but just 
over a year old, stood second to Mr. Alexander’s bull 
‘Albion,’ recently noticed in the Co. Gent., then 20 
months old. It would be very difficult to pronounce 
on the respective merits of the two, without seeing 
them together, instead of at an interval of several 
days and a good many miles ; and even then, I fancy, 
judges would go behind personal appearances to their 
prejudices or preferences as to pedigree, to come to a 
conclusion. Crusade certainly will do all that could 
be wished to maintain the reputation of his owner as 
a breeder, and of his stock as competitors at public 
exhibitions. 
It would be too long to speak individually of the 
whole breed under notice. Those that have been men¬ 
tioned will suffice to show to those not before conver¬ 
sant with the prize lists of Western Shows, that Mr. 
Corwin has been successful as a breeder and enter¬ 
prising both as an importer and exhibitor. The heavy 
rains rendered the fields a little difficult to “ navi¬ 
gate,” even in search of attractions so great, hut we 
contrived to see nearly all. Adjoining Mr. Corwin’s 
farm, and I believe still forming a part of it, are the 
grounds of the Warren Co. Ag. Society—which, in 
common I am inclined to think, with all the societies 
of the State, has been and is yet doing good service 
and meeting with good success in the cause. 
We called hurriedly at Union village where the 
Shakers reside. There we had a glimpse of “ Captain 
Balco,” imported from Mr. Ambler’s herd, calved in 
1853, and brought to this country when two years old. 
Also one of his calves “ Hawthorne Hero,” out of 
Hawthorne Blossom, a cow imported by the Shakers 
in 1856. Hawthorne Hero was two years old in April, 
and with Albion and Crusade, would made a trio re¬ 
quiring quite a range before their superiors would 
turn up. 
Mr. Corwin gave me the following receipt 
To lOll Dice on Cattle. 
If warm weather, apply soft soap, rubbing it to a 
lather, and let it remain until there is danger that the 
hide is too much irritated—a few hours will generally 
suffice, or sometimes a day. In cold weather hog’s 
lard will prove an effectual application. 
In answer to some inquiries as to whether crops were 
maintaining the average of twenty or thirty years ago, 
I was told that through lower Ohio and Kentucky the 
wheat was undoubtedly increasing in yield. Much of 
this effect I understood to be due to the practice of ro¬ 
tation with clover, and plowing it in as a manure. A 
twenty acre lot that after a recent turning in of a clo¬ 
ver crop, produced thirty bushels of wheat per acre, 
was referred to as having been improved in this way 
at least twenty-five per cent, during the past twenty- 
five years. 
I heard great complaint of the curculio among the 
fruit—its ravages having extended to the Apple 
Where is Mr. Matthews ? 
To Mr. Corwin I was indebted for a delightful day, 
