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his hands—the original fineness of wool having been 
preserved and considerable added to the weight of the 
fleece. From a statement published in 1839, it appears 
that the year previous, 315 breeding ewes of this flock 
gave an average of 4 lbs. 10 oz., and 122 yearling ewes 
an average of 6 lbs. 1 oz. of wool per head, “ washed 
clean on the sheep's back.” 
We have not seen Mr. Jewett’s imported sheep, but 
from the reputation of the flock from which they were 
taken, we think there is no doubt that they will prove 
valuable to the country. 
Several of the newspapers have mentioned the 
mysterious disappearance of Benj. P. Johnson, Esq., 
ex-president of the New-York State Agricultural Soci¬ 
ety. He left home on business at Newburgh and New- 
York, about the first of April; but no intelligence has 
been received concerning him since his arrival at the 
city of New-York, and but little doubt is now enter¬ 
tained that some fatal catastrophe has befallen him. He 
had long maintained the character of an upright and 
honorable man, and had filled with credit to himself 
and satisfaction to the public, several important situa¬ 
tions of trust. There was a report, some time since, 
that his body had been found in the river at New-York, 
but such was not the case; and we have great reason to 
fear, so long a period has now elapsed, that his fate, 
like that of the late Chancellor Lansing, who was 
seen in New-York for the last time some years since, 
will never be disclosed. 
Apples without Blossoms. —E. Haxtun, Esq., 
member of Assembly from Dutchess county, informed 
us a short time since that an appletree was standing on 
his father’s farm in Beekman, which, without ever hav¬ 
ing had a blossom on it, produced apples! At the time 
the other trees in the vicinity of this tree were in blos¬ 
som, Mr. Haxtun took some twigs from the one we 
have mentioned, which he has kindly left with us. On 
examination, we find the petals of the flower only want¬ 
ing—the fructifying organs, (stamens and pistils,) seem 
as well developed as in ordinary blossoms. The defi¬ 
ciency spoken of, gives to the tree the appearance of 
being destitute of blossoms. We have never before 
known a defect of this kind in an apple tree, though we 
cannot say that it would necessarily affect the produc¬ 
tion of fruit. Mr. Haxtun stated that the tree bears | 
quite regularly ; that the fruit, which ripens in the fall, 
is good. 
Propagating Oysters. —Mr. J. D. Jones, of North 
Carolina, wishes some information in relation to this 
subject, and to his request we also join our own. Will 
not some of our friends favor us with an article descri¬ 
bing the best mode of producing this animal, which 
though reckoned low in the scale of being , is deservedly 
ranked high in the scale of esculents. 
Prospects of the Wheat Crop. —Accounts from 
nearly all parts of the country represent the wheat crop 
as very promising. In the best wheat districtsiof Ohio, 
Illinois, Wisconsin and Michigan, the only fear in re¬ 
gard to it is said to be its great rankness, in some cases, 
which may be followed by rust. We have heard of 
but little injury from the fly, but a letter received from 
Thos. Hancock, dated Burlington, N. J., May 18th, 
states that considerable danger had been done by the 
insect in that neighborhood. 
“ The last of the Mohecans.” —We learn that 
the horse Bulrush or Chelsea Morgan , the last of the 
progeny of the first or “ Old Morgan ” horse, is dead. 
This animal which has several times been mentioned 
in the Cultivator, belonged to Mr. Frederick A. 
Wier, of Walpole, N. H., who it will be recollected, 
has furnished many valuable facts in regard to the ori¬ 
gin and history of the Morgan race of horses. 
The Chelsea Morgan was foaled in 1816, consequently 
was thirty years old at the time of his death For the 
benefit of the public we will mention that Mr. Wier 
has supplied the place of the horse whose death is here 
mentioned, with one of the Morgan family, called the 
Gifford horse, a son of the celebrated Woodbury Mor¬ 
gan. We are informed that persons who recollect the 
old Morgan horse, (particularly Justin Morgan Esq. of 
Woodstock, Yt.) consider the Gifford horse to resem¬ 
ble him more closely in shape and character than any 
of that stock they have seen. The last named horse 
has stood for the last fifteen years mostly in Bethel, Yt., 
in which vicinity, and in all places where known, his 
progeny are held in high repute as roadsters. 
Profitable Hens. —Charles W. Greene, of Rox- 
bury, Mass., from 45 hens, had 41 dozen eggs, in Janu¬ 
ary last, and 26£ dozen the first 16 days of February. 
He keeps his hens warm in a well lighted house, 
facing the south, the front being made of glass, like a 
green-house. The eggs sold for 30 to 38 cents per 
dozen. 
Black and white Paints. —Tools, wagons, &c. 
painted black, absorb the sun's rays, become hot, and 
warp and crack. Painted white they reflect, and do not 
absorb the rays, and consequently do not become hot, 
and they remain uninjured by warping. Hence all 
wooden articles should be painted of some light color. 
To stop A runaway horse. —If on horseback, throw 
your bridle reins round his neck if possible, to choke 
him, o r choke him with your arms, and he must 
stop. If in a wagon, and running away is feared, pro¬ 
vide a strong cord with a sliding-noose placed round 
his neck; if he runs, draw the cord forcibly; he is 
choked and stops instantly. 
Potatoes. —“ The long red wants a long summer, 
and when it is fully ripe it takes the lead among good 
potatoes.”— Mass. Ploughman. 
This agrees with our experience. The potato allu¬ 
ded to is variously named, La Plata red, Spanish, or Me¬ 
rino, long red, &c. It came to this country some forty 
years since, from the river La Plata, in South America. 
It is the hardiest potato we ever knew—has the great¬ 
est constitutional stamina, and will beat the once boast¬ 
ed Rohan in productiveness, as we have several times 
proved by planting them side by side; giving an equal 
quantity of ground to each. Animals, from rats to cat¬ 
tle, are more fond of it than of any other kind. Plant 
it only in warm loamy (not sandy or gravelly) soil, so 
that it may get fully ripe, and from March to July 
there is no potato superior to it for the table. 
Milk of Carnivora. —The French chemist Dumas, 
has been engaged lately in chemical examinations of 
the milk of carnivorous animals. He fed dogs wholly 
on flesh, and on subjecting their milk to analysis, ascer¬ 
tained that no sugar was present, nor could a trace of 
butyric acid be detected after the dogs had been thus 
fed for fifteen days. But if the dogs were fed on fari¬ 
naceous food, sugar as well as butyric acid was found. 
Productive Cows.— Henry Creesy took the first 
premium of the Essex Co. (Mass.) Ag. Society for a 
<c native ” cow, which from the 21st of May to 21st Sep¬ 
tember, gave 4,817 lbs. 4 oz. of milk; 19 lbs. of milk 
was ascertained by trial to yield on an average one lb. 
of butter, which makes the milk equivalent to 253 lbs. 
of butter for the four months. Her keeping is stated to 
have been grass-feed, with the exception of seven 
weeks, when she had two quarts of shorts per day. 
’Wm. Averill took the second premium at the same 
time, for a “ native ” cow which in four months, from 
20th May, 1845, gave 4,375 lbs. milk, which milk 
yielded by actual manufacture, 211 lbs. 2 oz. butter. 
Her keeping was grass-feed with the addition, during 
the drouth and shortness of feed, for five or six weeks, 
of one quart of Indian meal and one quart of rye-meal, 
mixed together, per day. 
GOOD PIGS. 
A correspondent of the English Agricultural Ga¬ 
zette, gives the weight of three pigs of one litter, a 
cross between sows of the large Tamworth breed, and a 
boar of Lord Howe’s swell breed. One of them, killed 
at seven months old, weighed 240 pounds; another kil¬ 
led at eight months, 260 pounds; and a third, fattened 
by a cottager killed at eight months and a few days 
old, weighed 376 pounds. 
