Messrs. Editors —The above cut represents a da¬ 
guerreotype view of a group of Spanish Merino Ewes, 
which are descendants from the original Spanish stock 
imported by Hon. Wm. Jarvis of Vermont, and Mr. 
Humphrey of Connecticut, more than forty years ago. 
They are about as large as is profitable for wool growing. 
The Ewes, when full grown, weigh from 80 to 100 lbs., 
and bucks from 125 to 150 lbs. 
The great object which I have had in view in breed¬ 
ing this stock of sheep, is to combine a good form with 
a heavy fleece of fine wool. 
Their wool is of a beautiful style, long, thick and 
fine, with a natural oil sufficient to form a dark surface, 
which is a strong indication of purity of blood. My 
yearling and two year old Ewes of this stock, sheared of 
less than one year's growth, an average of more than 
eight pounds per head of unwashed wool. 
I have made a few crosses on this stock, with the 
Silesian Merino Ram, and find that it does not diminish 
the quantity, while it increases the quality 25 per cent. 
Mr. Samuel Wheat of Putney, used.one of our Si¬ 
lesian bucks to his whole flock, which improved the 
quality, as well as increased the quantity more than 
1 lb. per head. His yearlings averaged 6 lbs. 10 oz. 
per head, which readily sold at 60 cents per lb. Others 
in this vicinity, having used Silesian bucks, are equally 
well satisfied with their stock. Geo. Campbell. West 
Westminster , Vt., July 28, 1853. 
Mr. Campbell’s French Buck “ Matchless.” 
In the 29th Ho. of the Country Gentleman, and also 
in the Cultivator for August, we gave a portrait of what 
was erroneously stated to be a “ Spanish Merino Buck,” 
but which was in fact the portrait of a French Merino 
called “ Matchless,” imported and owned by George 
Campbell, Esq., of West-Westminster, Vt., and Wm. 
Chamberlain, of Red-Hook, H. Y. “Matchless,” 
says Mr. Campbell, “ is five years old—live weight 280 
lbs.—fleece of one year's growth, in its natural state, 
about 25 lbs., and was from Mons. Cugnot’s flock.” 
The same gentlemen have recently received an addition 
to their former importations of sheep, by the ship Hum¬ 
boldt. —— 
Importation of Stock. —We learn that the South- 
down buck bid off by Mr. Rotch, at 130 : guineas, at 
Mr. Jonas Webb’s letting on the 6th Juty, alluded 
to in our Ho. 30—p. 55, was for Jonathan Thorn, Esq. 
Washington, Dutchess Co. We are also informed that 
Mr. Rotch, in company with a son of Mr. Thorn, has 
been engaged for some months in examining the best 
herds and stocks of England, for the purpose of select¬ 
ing for Mr. Thorn, the very best animals of different 
kinds, which can be procured, without regard to price; 
and that they have purchased quite a number of those 
which received the premium at the show of the Royal 
Ag. Society on the 11th of last month. They will also 
attend the sale of the stock of the late Earl Ducie, 
which is to take place on the 24th and 25th of this 
month, where they will pi'obably become large purcha¬ 
sers. Their purchases, w hile abroad, will include horses, 
cattle, sheep, fancy poultry, rabbits, &c. 
Chea.p Sheep. —In a work entitled “Two Thou¬ 
sand Miles’ Ride through the Argentine Provinces,” the 
author, Mr. McCann, in speaking of Mr. Handy, an 
Irishman, at whose house he stopped at night, says: 
“ He had lately been in the South buying sheep, where, 
by good management and a little patience, be obtained 
eight thousand, at eighteen pence per dozen l —four 
copper reals each .”—Panama Her aid. 
Black Leg. —In answer to an inquiry for remedy 
for black leg in calves, E. Burnham states in the Ohio 
Cultivator, that feeding salt once in two days has proved 
successful. If they are fed as much as they will eat, 
not less than once in two days, the remedy is certain. 
