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shown by Lewis B. Brown, Esq, of New-York. Their 
respective ages were, 30, 29, 22 and 19 years, making 
an aggregate of a hundred. Mr. B.’s object was to show 
that good horses deserve to be well taken care of in 
their old age, and will well reward such attention—in¬ 
stead of being turned over to omnibuses, clam-carts, 
or the canal. His horses were not only sleek and in 
good order, but what will the reader say when we add 
that they made their mile in 3:20 before not a very 
light load, and with a track-ful of other teams fre¬ 
quently in the way ! They not only show this speed, 
trotting off like young horses, but their endurance is 
still remarkable; and the lesson Mr. B. would teach, of 
kindness and humanity to valuable horses, even when 
blindness and other defects begin to show themselves, 
could not be more strongly enforced than by this prac¬ 
tical example. One of the team lost its sight some time 
ago, but it is still perfectly safe to drive or ride him, 
and he by no means lags behind his mates. One of 
them, too, Mr. B. showed alone as a saddle horse, and 
he acquitted himself here as unexpectedly well as be¬ 
fore the wagon. Among other saddle horses, Col. Sam. 
Colt’s “ Ivanhoe,” a Black Hawk raised in Kentucky, 
attracted every eye. 
The classes of Roadsters, geldings or mares, and of 
gentlemen’s driving horses, numbered nearly 70, and 
were a very good show; Farm and Draft horses were 
not out in very large numbers—not quite equal in this 
respect, we think, to the ponies, which of course were 
looked upon with the usual degree of delight by the 
younger portion of the spectators. 
If we have not said enough to show that the caval¬ 
cade of all the horses on opening the Exhibition must 
have been a fine sight, and that the whole taken to¬ 
gether was well worthy of its projectors and of the 
fame New-England has won as a horse-raising coun¬ 
try, we have not done justice either to the facts of the 
case, or to our own enjoyment of the occasion. Con¬ 
ducted with more than the usual decorum even of or¬ 
dinary agricultural shows, there was nothing, at least 
during our stay, to mar the success or diminish the 
pleasure of the Exhibition, and although on Thurs¬ 
day Hampden Park was not sufficiently favored by the 
weather-gods to escape the general storm, despatches 
since that day would indicate an attendance large 
enough to further materially the enterprising views of 
the Hampden Society in the purchase and improve¬ 
ment of such grounds for the benefit and gratification 
of themselves and their children after them. 
The Session of the Ain. Pomological Society 
This body held its Seventh Session at New-York last 
week, Hon. M. P. Wilder, in the chair, and opening 
the proceedings by the customary address. After a 
felicitous introduction, Mr. W. discussed at some 
length the question of Pear growing, and concluded 
with asking the Society’s acceptance of his resigna¬ 
tion as President. After a resolution of thanks, the 
following officers were elected for the two years ensu¬ 
ing :— 
President —Hon. M. P. Wilder, of Mass. 
Vice-Presidents —One from each State in the Union. 
Secretary —Thomas W. Field, Brooklyn, N. Y. 
Treasurer —Thomas P. James, Philadelphia, Pa. 
Executive Committee —The President and Vice-Presi¬ 
dents ex-oliicio ; W. D. Brinckle, M. D., Philadelphia, Pa; 
T. W. Field, Brooklyn, N. Y. ; M. B. Bateham, Colum¬ 
bus, Ohio ; L. E. Berckmans, Plainfield, N. J.; F. K. Phoe¬ 
nix, Bloomington, Ill. 
A paper was read by the Secretary from Mr. L. E. 
Berckmans of New-Jersey, encouraging pomologists 
and fruit growers to renewed activity, and another by 
himself, upon the adaptation of varieties of pears to 
different localities; a third was read by President 
Wilder from J. J. Thomas, showing how far the roots 
of trees extended beneath the surface, and the distances 
at which fertilizers can be effectively applied. Mr. 
Walker of Roxbury, advocated the publication by the 
Society of a Catalogue of all the fruits which have 
been cultivated in this country, giving lists of the best 
sorts adapted for each state, and full outlines and des¬ 
criptions. 
We spent some hours Wednesday and Thursday in 
listening to the discussions, and in examining the dis¬ 
play of Fruits. The former we hope to speak of here¬ 
after more at length than time now permits, and pre¬ 
vious to a brief notice of the latter, it may be men¬ 
tioned that a final adjournment took place Thursday 
evening, the next biennial meeting being fixed for Phi¬ 
ladelphia in 1860. 
Our columns have already recorded the success in 
fruit growing of Messrs. Westbrook & Mendenhall, of 
Greensboro, N. C. They showed a remarkably fine 
lot of apples, including 77 varieties—also 13 of pears. 
There were several other samples of fruit shown from 
the south. Among prominent exhihitors of Pears were 
President Wilder, and Ilovey & Co., each collection 
numbering about one hundred and fifty sorts ; Ellwan- 
ger and Barry with about two hundred ; William Reid, 
over one hundred; Thorp, Smith & Hanchet, 124; 
W. L. Ferris, 55 ; W. P. Townsend, of Lockport, 38, 
and various smaller lots, including plates of fine fruit 
from Dr. J. F. Boynton of Syracuse, W. H. Mitchell, 
Harlem; E. W. Sylvester, Lyons; James J. Mapes, 
Newark; John G. Bergen, Brooklyn; Jas. M. Paul, 
North Adams, Mass.; and S. P. Carpenter, New Ro¬ 
chelle. On the whole we consider the show of Pears 
the finest this Society has ever brought together. 
Other fruits were not exhibited in proportionate num¬ 
bers. Grapes were probably next to pears in extent 
—we noticed good samples of different varieties shown 
by S. P. Carpenter, Charles Downing, Dr E. Miles, 
Dr. C. W. Grant, Wm. Brocksbank, H W. Terry, P. 
Steel & Son, Rev. C. A. Goodrich, T. C. Austin, E. E. 
Clark, D. S. Dewey, and others from Connecticut, a 
State which seems now-a-day’s to be paying great at¬ 
tention to the vine. A branch of the Hartford Prolific, 
wonderfully crowded with clusters, was shown by E. A. 
Whitney of that city. Several collections of apples, 
plums, melons, Ac., made up a variety. 
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Sheep at the West. 
Answer to J. B. Jones , Co. Gent., Sept. 9. 
1st. From 5 to 8 sheep can be pastured on acre of 
good clover and timothy. 
2d. Eight sheep per ton of hay without grain—12 
to the ton if fed one gill of corn per day. 
3d. A cross of Spanish and French Merino sheep is 
the best for wool here. Some like pure Spanish best, 
and a very few like pure French Merinos best. For 
mutton, the South Downs are probably the best. 
4th. If every ewe is thrown out as soon as served 
once, one buck is enough for one hundred ewes—other¬ 
wise three. 
5th. With hay racks under the same roof—(and no 
good shepherd would feed hay out of doors)—800 feet 
(40 by 20 ft.) is enough for 100 sheep, except breeding 
ewes ; they should have more. 
Sheep also want plenty of pure water, and must not 
be allowed to run all over the farm during the winter. 
It also increases the weight of the fleece to feed them 
oil-meal along with their corn. Old and young should 
have separate yards, as the lambs will require more 
care the first winter than the older ones. D. A. A. 
Nichols. 
