278 THE CULTIVATOR Aug. 
scarcely touch other food during the locust season. This 
has a remarkable effect on the hen’s eggs laid after the 
locusts appear—their yolks are nearly all white. The 
chickens become very fat and of fine flavor.” 
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Col. Sherwood’s Stock. 
On another page of this number, (272,) is a cut of 
the Short-horn hull “ Earl of Seaham,” whose pedi¬ 
gree has been furnished us as follows: 
(10,181.) Roan; calvedApril 21,1848; bred by John 
Stephenson, Esq., Wolviston, county of Durham, Eng¬ 
land; imported 1850, by A. Stevens and J. M. Sher¬ 
wood; got by Earl of Antrim (10,174;) dam, Primrose, 
by Napier (6238;) grandam, Rose Ann, by Bellerophon, 
(3119;) great grandam, Rosette, by Belvidere (1706;) 
gr.gr. grandam, Red Rose, by Waterloo (2816;) gr. 
gr. gr. grandam, Moss Rose, by Baron, (58;) gr. gr gr. 
gr. grandam, Angelina, (bred by Sir Henry Yane Tem¬ 
pest,) by Phenomenon (491;) gr. gr. gr. gr. gr. grandam, 
Anna Boleyn, by Favorite (252;) gr. gr. gr. gr. gr. 
gr. grandam, Princess, (bred by Robert Colling,) by 
Favorite (252;) gr. gr. gr. gr. gr. gr. gr. grandam, 
Brighteyes, by Favorite (252;) gr. gr. gr. gr. gr.gr.gr. 
gr. grandam, Brighteyes, (bred by Alexander Hall,) 
by Hubback (319;) gr. gr. gr. gr. gr. gr. gr. gr. gr. 
grandam, Brighteyes, by Snowdon’s Bull (612;) gr. 
gr. gr. gr. gr. gr. gr. gr. gr. gr. grandam, Beauty (bred 
by Thomas Hall,) by Masterman’s Bull (422;) gr. gr. gr. 
gr. gr. gr. gr. gr. gr. gr. gr. grandam, Duchess, of Atholl, 
by Harrison’s Bull (292;) gr. gr. gr. gr. gr. gr. gr. gr. 
gr. gr. gr. gr. grandam, Tripes, (bred by C. Pickering,) 
by the Studley Bull (626;) gr. gr. gr. gr.gr.'gr. gr. gr. 
gr. gr. gr. gr. gr. grandam, (bredby Mr. Stephenson, of 
Ketton, in 1739,) See 9th vol. Herd Book, pages 65 and 
526.) 
This is unquestionably a valuable bull. His points, 
both as regards shape and handling, indicate properties 
which are highly prized in this breed of cattle. He has 
a small, neatly turned head, with a bright, mild eye; 
the head handsomely joined to the neck, which rises 
handsomely from the shoulders. The chest is remarka¬ 
bly capacious for an animal of his age—being full and 
round in front. His crops and chine are hardly equal 
to his other points, but his back is generally level, his 
ribs broad and gradually swelling from the shoulders 
towards the hips; the loin wide; the hips large and 
round; the rump long; the flanks deep and full, and the 
hind quarter altogether well developed. His hide is of 
good substance, and elastic. His general form is com¬ 
pact, giving great weight for the apparent size. We saw 
him weighed on the 2d of July, and his weight was 1,952 
lbs. He received the first prize of the New-York State 
Agricultural Society in 1850, as the best two-year-old 
Short-horn bull; also the first prize for Short-horn bulls 
at the show of the American Institute, 1850. We are 
informed that he is for sale. He may be seen at Col. 
Sherwood’s farm, Auburn, N. Y. 
The public are aware that Col. Sherwood has taken 
much pains to improve his stock of cattle. His herd of 
Short-horns was formed in the first instance, from ani¬ 
mals selected from several herds of note in this country. 
Latterly he has made some direct importations. One 
of the first of those was the bull 3d Duke of Cambridge, 
bred by the late Thos. Bates, Esq., imported in 1849. 
This animal received the first prize at the State Fair at 
Syracuse, and was shown in the “ extra” stock at the 
Fair at Albany. Col. S. has now on his farm thirteen 
of the progeny of this bull—eleven of which are full 
bloods. They are from a few weeks to about one year 
old. In points they are mostly very fine—evincing a 
decided improvement in symmetry, tendency to early 
maturity, and what is technically termed quality, over 
Col. S.’s former stock. This bull, though now in his 
tenth year, has all the vigor and sprightliness of the 
prime of life, and he bids fair to continue his useful¬ 
ness several years. 
Col. S. has several other imported animals, which are 
from the herd of Mr. Stephenson. Among these a cow 
called Red Rose 2d, deserves mention. She was calved 
Nov. 1846—was imported in the autumn of 1849. She 
has had two calves, both heifers—one dropped Oct. 22d, 
’49, the other May 2d, ’51. Col, S. gave us an account 
of a trial which was made with her milk the present 
season, from the 20th of May to the 19th of June—30 
days—as follows: The milk was weighed at each milk¬ 
ing—kept by itself, the cream taken from it and made 
into butter—the churning being done twice a week, and 
the produce of each churning weighed. The weight 
of milk was 37 lbs. (probably equal to 18 quarts) per 
day, and the aggregate amount of butter for the 30 days 
was 60| lbs. We had several opportunities of tasting a 
sample of the butter, and it was of superior quality. 
Both the calves which this cow has produced, are very 
fine. She is, herself, a cow of excellent points—per¬ 
haps a little too 11 fine drawn” in the head and neck; 
but the general proportions of her body are very good, 
and her indications for the production of butter, are 
seldom surpassed. 
Agricultural Publications. 
Eds. Cultivator —If farmers would read and put in 
practice the teachings contained in The Cultivator and 
other periodicals, they could hardly fail of making pro¬ 
gress in agricultural knowledge. From reading some 
of the early volumes of The Cultivator and Genesee 
Farmer, I was induced to change from a shallow, to a 
deep and thorough system of cultivation—paying par¬ 
ticular regard to drainage, and the saving and applica¬ 
tion of manures—which have more than doubled the 
products per acre; and not only so, it has rendered the 
products measurably sure, and failures that were hereto¬ 
fore charged to the seasons, were found to be chargable 
to the method of cultivation. 
I have mentioned the sources to which I am mainly 
indebted for the progress that I have made in agricul¬ 
tural improvement at this time, for the reason that of 
late we not unfrequently see it stated that eastern agri¬ 
cultural papers are not adapted to our wants—that they 
are not calculated for this latitude. Now whilst we ad¬ 
mit the merits of our western papers, and are from duty 
and interest bound to sustain them, it is not admitted that 
eastern papers are not adapted to our wants; for we be¬ 
lieve that wherever they are read, and what they teach 
is put in practice, they will answer for this or any other 
latitude where the cultivator of the soil is desirous of 
improving in his business. Linus Cone. Troy. Oak¬ 
land county, Mich., June 25, 1851. 
To Prevent Oxen from Crowding, it is only neces¬ 
sary to lengthen the yoke, often, in extreme cases, from 
12 to 18 inches longer than those usually worn. 
