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Adulteration of Guano. —It needs no argument 
to show that farmers who purchase concentrated ma¬ 
nures, should procure them of manufacturers of strict 
integrity and veracity. A case in illustration recently 
occurred in England, where a dealer at Exeter had 
bought largely of merchants at Bristol, an article 
which proved bad, and in an action at law to recover 
damages, it was proved that the merchants had sent 
the dealer a false and fraudulent analysis, forged for 
the occasion; and their foreman stated on examina¬ 
tion, that loam, sand, turf-ashes, and salt, were largely 
used in the manufacture of this artificial guano; that 
the various ingredients were mixed with a shovel, and 
that it took about 10 hours to prepare 50 tons. Won¬ 
der if these manufacturers placed the notice “ no ad¬ 
mittance," oyer the door ? 
We regret to hear that the Livingston Co. Im¬ 
porting Association met with a very heavy loss on the 
passage of their stock from Liverpool. They were 
shipped on a sail vessel, and twelve head, just one- 
half the number purchased, died on the voyage. Those 
that were brought safely through have arrived at 
Geneseo, and are doing well. These losses on ship¬ 
board are a very serious drawback to the importation 
of cattle. --— 
Cotswold Sheep. —A correspondent wishes to pro¬ 
cure a pure Cotswold or Oxfordshire buck, not from the 
flocks of either Col. Ware of Virginia or Messrs. Bey- 
bold of Delaware. He wants it, we infer, to infuse 
new blood into sheep from those flocks. If any of our 
subscribers have such animals to dispose of, they will 
please inform us. -* 
Minnesota. —A correspondent at St. Paul, under 
date of June 3d says—“There is, I apprehend, no coun¬ 
try where all the requisite qualifications for a farmer 
are so abundant as in Minnesota, including good 
prairie soil, with wood and water for the most part con¬ 
tiguous, together with a fine healthy climate and good 
present and prospective markets, Here in one word 
are combined all the natural elements by which any 
man may develop and ennoble himself up to the high 
standard of the country gentleman as taught in your 
paper. More especially will this apply to the Cannon 
river country, yrhich is somewhat inland on the west 
side of the Mississippi river,it being from fifteen to for¬ 
ty miles from the different landings on that river. I 
am induced to believe, from personal observation and 
otherwise, that the Cannon river country is by far the 
best portion of the territory, or indeed of all the North- 
West, for agricultural purposes” 
Cleaning Wall PaTer. —Neat housekeepers are 
familiar with the practice of cleaning wall paper by 
rubbing it with pieces of bread ; but a correspondent 
of the Ohio Cultivator who signs herself 45 Sun Bon¬ 
ne f,” says she can clean it “just as nice, with less than 
half the time and labor ” by enclosing a quantity of 
wheat bran in a bag of thin open Jlannel, and rub- 
the paper with this, shaking it up occasionally to 
the surface fresh. If flannel cannot be readily 
had, strainer-cloth will answer. If needful, it may 
be attached to a pole and used on a high ceiling. Bad¬ 
ly smoked paper may be greatly improved by this 
means. - 
Wheat Crop in Ohio. —Extract of a letter from 
a subscriber at Zanesville, dated June 10.—“This 
Zanesville is the Rochester of the West for Milling, 
consequently the wheat crop is with us a great staple. 
The prospect for the coming crop is not by any means 
good, much of the wheat will be fit to harvest by 1st 
July ; the Ely has destroyed much; the queer weather 
of last, winter much more j and now the Midge, (or as 
they call it here the Bed weevil,) has commenced its 
ravages. This is its third season with us. In short 
there will scarcely be more than a half crop in this 
and the neighboring counties from which our five 
mills draw their supplies. This is no croaking, but a 
reliable opinion.” 
Butter from an Alderney Cow. —It appears 
by a statement in the Boston Cultivator that from the 
milk of an Alderney cow, called “ Elora,” 5 years 
old in April last, there was made from the 11th May 
1853 to the 26th April 1854, the extraordinary amount 
ot 51 If pounds of butter. Flora is owned by Thos. 
Motley, Jr., Jamaica Plains, Mr. M. says— 4 From 
Nov. 8th till the time we stopped making butter, she 
had about a half bushel of either ruta bagas or car¬ 
rots, and two quarts of corn and cob meal per day, in 
addition to hay, or most of the time oat straw fodder. 
The last 3 months it took almost exactly five quarts 
of mik to make one pound of butter. She is to calve 
June 10, 1854.” —— 
Female Equestrianism. —At the next exhibition 
of the Allegheny Co. (Pa.) Ag. Society, a horse valued 
at 8200, is to be awarded for the best display in this 
much-to-be-praised accomplishment. 
How to Manage Stowell Corn. —The Ohio Cul¬ 
tivator gives the following method of treating this 
corn so as to make it good for winter use—the old 
mode of trying to keep it green in the husk having 
generally proved a failure. Gather the ears when in 
full milk, and strip off all but a thin covering of husk ; 
lay these in a moderately heated oven or cooking stove, 
long enough to scald or stiffen the milk, when the 
grains are shaved off and kept in a close bag or canis¬ 
ter. Boil in the usual way when wanted for use—thus 
treated the corn is said to be very fine. 
Sales of Stock. —The Vermont Watchman states 
that A. L. Bingham, of West Cornwall, Addison Co, 
has made the following sales since the 10th of Septem¬ 
ber, last s 
293 bucks and ewes....$35,127,50 
Buck iambs sold, .. .1.142,00 
French sheep... .7,033.00 
11 cattle.....705 00 
10 horses and colts........................ 1.185,00 
Total sales... $45,192,50 
He has on hand 375' French Merino sheep, 40 head 
of cattle and 9 horses. 
