1854. 
THE CULTIVATOR. 
261 
Sale of Famous Horses. —Four celebrated ra¬ 
cers were sold at auctiou in New-York last week, viz: 
Mac was struck off at $4,100, to Mr. Mann, of Bal¬ 
timore ; Tacony was sold for $3,700, to Mr. J. G. Be- 
vens, of New-York; Frank Forrester was sold to 
Mr. Mann also, who paid $2,350. Barnum was with¬ 
drawn from the auction, he having been sold at private 
sale during the morning, for the sum of $2,850. 
In the Country Gentleman of June- 15th, we 
published a paragraph, the proof of which escaped 
reading, and which was so marred by typographical 
errors, that it failed to contain the fagts intended. It 
should have read as follows : 
We understand that Mr. C. D. Bent, near Hanni- 
balville, Oswego Co., has purchased of Col. J. M. Sher¬ 
wood, Auburn, a boar pig, got by his old imported 
Suffolk boar, and from a sow which he exhibited at 
the Ag. Society’s Show in Feb. last. Mr. Bent has al¬ 
so lately bought a sow pig from John S. Clarke, Esq., 
Throopsville, from the sow whose portrait we gave in a 
late no. - 
A Remarkable Hen. —l^ast fall I purchased a pair 
of Shanghai fowls which were hatched late in the 
spring of 1853. They were allowed to run with the 
other hens, and were fed but once a day with corn. 
Pullet commenced laying the 2d day of April, and fin¬ 
ished laying the first litter May 17, having layed 46 
eggs in as many days. She commenced her second lit¬ 
ter May 28—has layed 21 eggs, and continues to lay 
daily. It will be seen that she has layed 67 eggs be¬ 
tween the 2d of April and 17th of June, 78 days. W. 
II. S. S. Utica, N. Y. 
The Onion Worm. —Onions are now being destroy¬ 
ed in almost every part of the country, by a small 
white grub, which eats the root. Applications of sul¬ 
phur, lime, ashes, &c. have no effect upon this pest of 
the garden. I have saved a large portion of my on¬ 
ions, by pulling up the plants as soon as they begin to 
wilt, and destroying the grub which is found imbedded 
in the root or lower portion of the stalk. S. Castle- 
ton, Vt. 
A Question for Agricultural Chemists.— I 
have been lately informed by an intelligent gentleman 
that he has tried for several years, with very great 
success, soapstone dust on different growing crops, ap¬ 
plied in the manner of applying plaster or ashes. He 
considers the material as valuable as ashes for agricul¬ 
tural purposes. He procures his dust from a mill, 
worked by himself for sawing soapstone for market. 
L. Edgerton. Georgia Vt. 
A Mammojh Fleece. —Mr. Hiram Cole, of Shafts- 
bury, in this county, requests us to say to those engag¬ 
ed in the rearing of sheep, that he sheared from a buck 
on the 12th day of June last, 28 and 1 -16th pounds of 
wool—This sheep is one year old last March. He also 
has two ewes, from one of which he sheared 10 pounds 
and 12 ounces, and from the other 11 and one half 
pounds. We would futher say that one of these ewes 
raised five lambs from March, 1853, to May, 1854 ; 
and the other has raised three within the same period 
of time. Mr. C. purchased these sheep of S. W- Jewett, 
Esq. of this State. They are purely French.— Vt. 
State Banner. 
The National Cattle Show. 
At the National Cattle Show to be held at Spring- 
field, Ohio, on the 25th, 26th and 27th of Sept, next, 
the following Very liberal premiums are to be paid : 
SWEEPSTAKE PREMIUMS. 
Best Bull, and 5 Cows or heifers of one year or upwards, 
from any one State, ......$500 
DURHAM BULLS. 
Best 3 year old and upwards,..$300 
Second best 3 year old and upwards, .................. 200 
Third best 3 year old and upwards,. 100 
Best 2 year old and under 3 ytars... ... 200 
Second best 2 .year old and under 3 years,.*. 150 
Third best 2 years old and under 3 years,. 75 
Best 1 year old and under 2 years,... 150 
Second best one year old and under 2 years,. 100 
Third best 1 year old and under 2 years, . . . 50 
Best Durham bull calf,.... 50 
DURHAM COWS. 
Best 3 year old and upwards,.i. 
2d do 3 
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do .. 
3d do 3 
do 
do . 
Best 2 
do 
and under 3 years,. 
2d do 2 
do 
do 3 do . 
3d do. 3 
CO 
do 3 do .... ' . 
Best 1 
do 
do 3 do . 
2d do l 
do 
do 2 do . 
3d do 1 
do 
do 2 do . 
Best Heifer Calf.. 
AYR3HIRE BULLS. 
Best 3 year old and upwards,... 
2d do 3 
do 
do . 
Best 2 
do 
and under 3,. .. 
2d do 2 
do 
do 3,. 
Best 1 
do 
do 2,. 
2d do 1 
do 
do 2,. 
AYRSHIRE COWS. 
Best 3 year old and upwards,... 
2d do 3 
do 
do . 
Best 2 
do 
and under 3,. 
2d do 2 
do 
do 3. 
. 50 
Best 1 
do 
do 2,. 
. 60 
2d do 1 
do 
do 2,. 
For Devons and Ilerefords, the same prizes are of¬ 
fered as for Ayrshires. 
The recent extensive importations into Ohio and 
Kentucky, of the best Short-Horns to be procured 
abroad, most of which will probably be present at this 
exhibition, will undoubtedly render it, in regard to 
this breed at least, the most interesting one ever held 
in this country. —^— 
South Down Sheep. 
Mr. T. B. Buffum of Newport, R. I., in a late no. 
of the New England Farmer, thus speaks of this 
breed of sheep :—“ I keep South Down Sheep, and 
like them much ; they are quiet, thrifty and handsome. 
I sold to one of my neighbors 26 last fall, and a short 
time since I called to see them, and they had 48 as 
fine lambs as need be; one sheep had three, and all do¬ 
ing well. I sold the wether lambs from them last 
year at $4 per head, to the butcher—my neighbor will 
probably get more than that for them this year (and 
there is no doubt at all but he can if he chooses.) We 
will say that he gets $200 for lambs, and allow say 
$40—a low figure—for wool, gives $240, a handsome 
return from only 26 sheep. The sheep were nearly all 
half blood, except three, perhaps, that were nearly full 
bred.—I have now a flock of full blood consisting of 30, 
that have now living and about two months old,48 lambs, 
(if I count right) the same number as my neighbor gets 
from his 26 mixed breed. The mixed breed seem a 
