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who works amid the complicated arrangements of the 
subtle and refined agencies of nature, will be able to un¬ 
derstand those arrangements and give direction to the 
laws which control them.” 
Cross bred Fowls. —We have received from Mr. T. 
C. Abrahams, of West Troy, a pair of fowls, which are 
a cross of the English pheasant with the game fowl. 
We are aware that there are various opinions as to the 
feasibility of such a cross, but we think the circumstan¬ 
ces under which thesu fowls were produced, decidedly 
settles the point. Mr. A. states that several of his first 
attempts failed, but on adopting the following course, he 
was entirely successful. He took softie young chicks of 
the game fowl, and some, as nearly of the same size as 
possible, of the English pheasant, and put them in a pen 
together; As soon as the chickens were so old that the 
sex could be distinguished, the ga'nie cocks were all 
taken out, leaving with the pheasant cocks several of 
the game fowl pullets,—taking care to choose those 
which in color most nearly resembled the pheasant hen. 
The result was that at the proper age the pheasant 
cocks readily matched with the game hens, and the pro¬ 
duce was the cross breed spoken of. Mr. A. kept them 
shut up, entirely separate from all other fowls, for two 
years, during which time they produced several broods, 
some of which were three-fourths blood pheasants. 
They are a beautiful stock, the males showing great 
courage and activity. 
Mr. Abrahams showed us a cock and six hens from 
England, said to be a cross of the Chinese silver pheas¬ 
ant with the English game fowl. These are splendid 
birds—somewhat larger on the average than those pro¬ 
duced from the English pheasant. The cock weighed 
seven pounds and a half, and is the most eagle-like bird 
of this description that we have lately seen. 
Unburnt Brick. —In answer to the inquiry of u Ru- 
ralist,” in the last number of the Cultivator, whether 
unburnt brick may be made in the autumn, and kept in 
an out-house for building in springy—-it is only necessa¬ 
ry to state, that if made early enough in autumn to be¬ 
come well dried before winter/there can be no question 
that unburnt brick would keep as well piled up in an 
out-house, as standing in a wall exposed to the side- 
action of the weather, as in case of the newly built 
house, which it is well known is attended with no diffi¬ 
culty. T. 
Trotting Horse for Canada. —-B. Pomeroy, 
Esq., of Eastern township, Canada East, has lately 
purchased, in behalf of the Sherbrooke Agricultural So¬ 
ciety, the entire horse Logan, formerly owned by Geo. 
M. Patchen, of Brooklyn, L. I. This horse is seven 
years old, and is half brother to the noted trotter Cas¬ 
sius M. Clay. Logan is of good size—weighing near¬ 
ly 1,200 lbs.,—and from what we saw of him, appears 
to be a strong constitutioned, muscular, and powerful ani¬ 
mal. We are told, (we did not see him trot,) that he 
can easily perform his mile in less than three minutes. 
We understand the price paid for this horse was $1000. 
Bloody Murrain. —Hon. H. L. Ellsworth, now 
of Lafayette, Ind., informs us that the following recipe 
has proved a preventive of this disease in several sec¬ 
tions where it has prevailed to a great extent :—Take 
two pints wood ashes and one pint clay, and knead them 
into lumps with salt and water. Lay the lumps where 
the cattle can lick them whenever they, desire to do so. 
The Race Horse American Eclipse. —The name 
of this celebrated horse is doubtless remembered by 
many of our readers \ though but few of them, perhaps, 
are aware that he is still living. In the Louisville (Ky.) 
Journal, of April 7th, last, we notice an advertisement 
of him. It appears that he is owned by Jilson Yates 
and will be kept for the season at his stable, in Shelby- 
*ille, Ky. From an article written by his former owner. 
C. W. Van Ranst, published in Am. Turf Register, 
vol. III, it appears that Eclipse was foaled on the 25th 
of May, 1814, at Dosoris, Long Island. Consequently, 
he is now thirty-three years old. He is said to be in 
fine health and condition, and as sprightly as a colt.” 
His great race with Henry took place on the 27th of 
May, 1823—24 years ago. 
Report on Horses. —An error having occurred in 
the publication of the Report on Horses at the last State 
Fair, published in the Cultivator for October last, we 
give the following extract from the Report, to set the 
matter right:—“ The committee having found some dif¬ 
ficulty in bringing colts into fair competition with hor¬ 
ses of mature age, respectfully recommend the follow¬ 
ing uncommonly fine animals to the Society, for extra 
premiums: 
1st. u Perfection,” three years old, owned by Geo. 
Fordon, Geneva. 
2 d. “ Black Prince,” three years old, owned by 
Reuben Teft, Chemung Co. 
3d. “ Golden Farmer,” two years old. owned by 
Cyrus Breed, Oswego Co. 
Good Sheep for the West. —Mr. S. M. West has 
taken to Seneca county, Ohio, forty yearling Merino 
rams, from the flock of J. S. Pettibone. Esq., of Man¬ 
chester ,Vt. Having had an opportunity of seeing these 
sheep while on their journey, we can pronounce them a 
good lot. We are told that they were not selected , but 
comprise all the rams which Mr. Pettibone had on hand 
of the produce of last season. They therefore exhibit 
more fairly the character of the whole flock. They are 
well formed, have good constitutions, and their bodies 
are well covered with soft, white wool, of extra length 
for so fine a staple, and very free from gum. Some 
notices of Mr. P.’s flock have before appeared in our eol- 
ums. He has furnished us with a memorandum of his 
last year’s clip of wool, from which it appears that he 
sheared 350 sheep, the fleeces of which averaged 4 lbs. 
1 oz. each, “ without loss,” and were sold at forty cents 
per pound to Mr. Harrington of Troy, for a manu¬ 
facturer in Templeton, Mass. Mr. West’s destination 
is Adams township, about six ’miles from Tiffin. Ohio. 
We have no doubt that his stock will be an acquisition 
to that section. 
Offer. —Mr. Thomas Noble, of Massilon. Ohio, 
well known as the owner of one of the best flocks of 
fine-wooled sheep in the country, offers, through the 
Ohio Cultivator , two hundred dollars for a Merino ram 
that will produce a fleece of five pounds 11 net wool” of 
one year’s growth—the quality to be equal to the average 
of his own “ Merino stock bucks.” The animal offered 
is to be given into Mr. Noble’s possession immediately 
after shearing, and he is to give a guaranty “ that he 
shall be kindly cared for twelve months”—the fleece to 
be properly cleansed, weighed, &e. 
Humbuggery—Another Case. —We have heard 
that a man in Newfane, Vt., claims to have Alpacas, 
and that he has sold some animals under that name, at 
very high prices. He states, we are informed, that he 
purchased the stock of “ Mr. Brackett, of Bolton,” at 
the Worcester (Mass.) Cattle Show, in 1844. We 
happened to attend that exhibition, but neither saw nor 
heard of any Alpacas being there. We saw, however, 
some shaggy-fleeced African sheep, which we spoke of 
in our account of the show. On turning to the Transac¬ 
tions of the Worcester Ag. Society for that year, we 
find it stated that Mr. Thomas S. Brackett, of Bol¬ 
ton, presented for exhibition “ his African sheep, which 
were of a novel character and appearance.” These 
then, are the Alpacas, for which some^ “ green horns ” 
have paid dear. 
Wool Depot. —We would call attention to the adver¬ 
tisement of Mr. Blanchard in regard to his wool depo£ 
