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variably to be allowed a clipping-board or platform raised a 
few inches from the ground, and this should be covered with 
a stack or machine-cloth, doubled so as to form a sort of 
cushion for the sheep to lie upon during the operation. Tlie 
shearers have not to stoop so low, and they have more power 
over the sheep, which is no light thing in siiearing flocks of 
large sheep. A good hand will shear from thirty to forty 
average sheep per day. The fleece should be wound up as 
it is taken off. If considerable quantities are put aw^ay to 
await the wmol wflnder'’^ they become hopelessly inter¬ 
mingled, and many are torn in attempts to separate each 
individual fleece, and therefore must be w’ound without accu¬ 
racy. The w'inder should aim to make large, fine-looking 
fleeces .—Mark Lane Exj)ress. 
MISCELLANEA. 
HOPS POE COWS. 
A French farmer has found that the addition of a quan¬ 
tity of hops to the fodder of his cows produces a large 
increase in the production of milk. 
THE PRICE OP A HORSE. 
The following is an exact copy of a promissory note dated 
at Concord, Massachusetts, Nov. 25, 1793:—P'or an old 
horse which 1 have bought of Mr. Isaac Dow^, I promise to 
pay him three dollars in w heat or flour at cash price ; but if 
the horse does not live to get to Lebanon, and three days 
after he gets there, t am to give but tw’o dollars for the 
horse. Witness my hand.’^ 
