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Person* aeildins in advortmnmonts mm mnnmm t?. .o apteifv lilt mimber of lime* llioy are to N i ae teil; otnerwiaa they will be continued til or<|iirod out, and charged accordingly. H ... '.j. . _U Li, .11 . lunwiii' For the Fanners' Gazette. Ul'LKS FOB BKKKIIINO. What follows may appear tol?o dream it toss, to unprofound intellects, who havt i o* studied physiology.?It is an cpotimc. inui.tly, of Mr. Walker's n w views ol organization. Yet ninnkind had discov cred previous to Mr. Wulker's publication that they |>ossessud the power of aiuelioration, and that of deterioration, of theii own organization, in their olispring.? Tuey knew that orgnnic laws like theii own existed in domestic animals. W: at nil these laws wer1, in either ease as regards generation, wjis unknown, previout to Mr. W.nker's publication. Tltis Inioli gives a muc:t more nice rule, or rules, tot breeding olispring, than lias hithcrk < xisted; and will, without dou'il, be soot aiplie I to bruoJinr pro'.itibly, domes'ic a iiinals, if not to breeding men.?I'mti ablcncgs, from the hist act allud- d te iii ly u-j 100 remote, to excite attention. Tiic ncwlv discovered law, ca*? l>o appliet to use, by unphiloHophicul persons, Mo the mariner's compass, or the t'ucrmouie -T. T.?o organic law, or laws, to reg u' ito our conduct arc us follows. 1. Animal organization grows, fron two parents in two, somewhat, iimsymot. rictil tmlvcs; and each part has mostU the properties of the parent, from which it is derived, notwithstanding the nuirinous blood, which circulates throng! both halves Atavism and freaks ot' or g izatiou may change this tendency o! g wilt, soiii"whut, in some few cases.? U 'iiuizutton is indcstruetablc, save l>\ tue death of the whole, or a part of it, am is continued in posterity.?Its growth h i wover, is so modified, as to occasioi a i amalgamation, or suitable joining ol the two halves during life. An 1 the b'no l moving through both halves mnkei ?. tnuiuii ui iiiu same parents rescmblt each ollit r. The 1HO.H excitable parents, for tlx time being, always give.*, for futim growth, the v it id viscera within the irhoh trunk, and I Ha-wise the intellectual part oj the brain, which grows irii/iin the forehead Toe less ardent parent on the ot ler hand gives matter, for the growth of the. hoars I te locomotive organization, the btu k head. I mh.s and moveable parts of the fare.? l'trental weed grows, during the lite oi o'f.pring, into the likeness of the parent from which it came. AnJ so on, ad in linitum. The female is generally, yet no alic.ii/.s, the most nrdcui, for aualomica reasons. Toe passionate ness in eithci ox may he increased by previous unitulul go lice. II -lice if g<K>d intellects niu sound vicera are wauled, in most men in many 001111*, in hogs, in some sheep females should he the best, and in vig orous health ; while in horses, cam els, elephants and in some incr where speed and muscular strengtl is mostly wanted, the male should he tin best; unless the conclusion he that hotl male and female he equally good, or tlx best of. their kind, and of nearly equu ? . 1 i-i- ? 1 a hiniiiuiniv ug^jin wii:c;i cas" mere cai Ik: little chance lor disappointment, unles: there l?e qiuixi tdciUi/y of orgauiz ition, a that of pernicious "In mid In breeding.' 4. Tito above are golden rules o problems; vet soine uulikeness is wanted ' II once the utility of properly crossing e breeds in the same race. Anrttivenes cannot exist without dissimilarity of or ganization.?The faculty of propngatio; fails, from too much likeness, as it doe from too nuioh age. 5. Lot it always be borne in mind that it is the resemblance, as regards th configuration of any organization, imicl more, than that of its size, or structure which enables any one to perceive whiel parts have been derived from a givci parent. Prominent cases may be needei for beginners, in this science, under re view. The size und structure of u par I'nritui uritK I no /vf 41 twi i?.n ?T??ia ?aiv ill llil I1IUU than is the case as regards form. Beside lo know structure dissection is needed It is a general mental law to identity, 01 the one hand, the species of organizatioi l>y its shape and oil tire other hand, it ^ age by :ts size.? H, Walker's science was much wan ted to finish that of Pr. Gull, or wha may be viewed an pertaining to phrenology. The pen in stopjied, because it is presumed, that no one will act upon Mr. Walker's plan without studying his hook attentively.-?It has some errors without doubt; and it may too often attempt to to explain what is beyond the ken of uroful philosophy. We have not minds s given us to peuctrate the modus operandi ? of growth. Nor can we penetrate other. wise, than by conjecture, what may have been the laws of nature, previous to the era of history and science.?The object is to turn the attention of newspaper J readers to Mr. Walker's book, on Inter, marriages. [Our n-s|>ccteil correspondent will that we j liuve omitted one or two sentence# in his valuable coininuiiicutioii.] F-olll tliu Cultivator. Extract fkom NotbsokaTravbllr*. 44 Among the recent importations for improvement that have taken place in this Slate, (New York) is that of Hereford cat? lie and C'otswold sheep, by Mr. Corning. , of Albany. Attracted by the letter of Mr. f Sot ham, that appeared in the July numlter oft he Cultivator, when down last month, I , made, an inspt'ction of these superb animals that gave me a very different opinion than I have heretofore entertained of these breeds. All other Ilercfords that I had previously examined, in comparison, with these, though noble in appearance, had large heads, thick necks, narrow hips, and thin loins, compared with the best Short Horns, but these nearly npproneh them i now in all such particulars, especially in the great wi 1th of the hipbones, showing a i capacity when well fed, to place their i meat in those parts where it is most valuable, ami I cannot hut coincide in the remark of o le of our most distinguished breeders of Durham*, "thalon the right soil, 'hey would give the Short Ilorus enough I to do to niain'aiii their present high pi-silion." But how are they enabled to accomplish this ! Why only by approaching Short Horn perfection in these particulars. Yet at present they are only the graziers' and butchers'stock ; for though Mr. Soth1 am talks of their good milking qualities, I must confess that though 1 eyed them sharply, and handled them closely, I was not i favored by any such discoveries in their veins, nor did the appearance of their ud, tiers make up at all for this deficiency, . and 1 should require some proof of the fact, I' before 1 could be convinced that even in comparison with our good native dairy cows, they could lie called even fair niilkj ers. It is apparent therefore, that in the general purposes of improving our native ' stock, that the Hereford* cannot be rivals 1 of the Durham*, at least till they are still f farther advanced to good milker*, which 1 will then make thorn but in fact another ? race of improved .Short Morns. Yet if the j Hereford* yield to the Durham* nt the dairy, in the yoke, they must he far superior j to any other of the ox kind, for they have . nearly the quick step, the line hone, the si, new and muscle of the Devon, with a much f greater weight and size. I could not Imt admire the great length and rotundity of the barrel, the smooth, powerful .structure ' of their frames, and clean elastic limbs. In ' fact, ns workers they seem to me to he that * happy medium in the race of oxen, that I am so desirous of seeing cultivated more ' generally in horses; neither the light met. tlcsonto racer on the ono hand, nor the slow, fleshy cart horse on the other, hut the superior and more happily mixed genI oral utilitarian. To those who are breed1 ing working, oxen, or stock expressly for r lite lurcher, 1 would strongly recommend . these II ore fords. I 'should think them I particularly well adapted to the rich inleri' ior of the Western States, where cattle must he driven a market. In that case ' the blood of the J)cvoiis, to which the Herefords are so nearly allied, could not but tell like that of the thorough bred racer on * the course. 1 The C 'otswold sheep, I found much finer 5 in the head and other points, than I cxpcc? ted to see them ; they are also very large, 5 and the amount of wool they are said tc I shear, is almost incredible. I cannot, howi ever hut think their mutton would he too s gross ; audi doubt whether they will ever s find I lie general favor in the American ? market, that the South Dowudoes. There i? r this dilll-rciice between the consumers ol Knglis'n and American mutton ; in the for. j. nier country, ncing enonper inan pork, il is suited down by the poorer classes, to be eaten instead ol'it, here we rarely salt mut ton, ImiI eat it I'resli ; it is therefore desire " hie to have it as tender and lean as posse 8 Me, qualifies in which the South Downs are far superior to any other hreed ofsheej '? that 1 know of. I should like to see n show R hetween Mr. Coming's Cotswolds, am i M essrs. Dunn's and Adock's Leiocsters, , Are we never to have a State Agriculturu i Meeting utid l'nir for these and other pur il poses, in the pleasant month of September ,| Mottling in the world could lie so beneficial to the agrieulturc of Mew York, as this ; oi t more surely aid its stock improvements, . It is a crying shame that we should he sc far behind our vnmtTf r Kislcrs. (V.iin and ^ i 7" o' " ' Kentucky, in these respects. " An excellent correspondent of tin 11 Tcnncsew Southern Cultivator, makes the 11 following remarks?" A few years ago, il s a farmer, dressed in his jean clothes, hap polled, in what was called gv nleel society i- to speak of his bullocks, his lanihs, or hi: it pigs, noses were turned up at him,andlu ( was coni^dered vulgar and insipid. But a 1 reaction lias taken place in public senti- | mcnt, and now it is the common conver- I sation of ftsliionablc circles ; and you will i hear fluent discourses on Durham cattle, i I Leicester and South Down sheep, and ? I Berkshire' and Irish Grazier hogs."? ] I This change, I am glad to say, is t I pervading the north as well as the south, i and is even found to have inoculated th?* f softer sej ; and as evidence thereof. I shall ? quote twn instances. A party of gentle- i men was recently looking over a herd of < Short Horns, when the name of an indiv- f idual cow was asked for; the owner him- ( self could, not tell without going to the i house to Appeal to his hooks, w hen turning $ to his daughter near by, she replied, " Oh, t ?*- >? " 1 ' j mm u mow nose; una in answer to ah letter on the subject of stock, that I ad- ; dressed to a corrcs]>ondent not long since, ? in his absence, his wife, in u beautiful Ita- j lian hand, replied quilo us satisfactorily as < 1 could have expected of the gentleman I himself. I Buffalo, Aug. 1810. A. B." i Letter from Cxula.no. Messrs. Cavloho a: Tcckkk?I nin so far on my journey, with the host lot of stock ever seen together. They consist of the following: Onecnrt colt, one year old, allowed by the best judges to be as good us Cnglund can produce. One cart mare, six years old, equally good. One Hereford cow, that won the prize at Oxford, 1809, against all England ; and u young bull from her, eleven months old. Two five year old Hereford cows. Five yearling Hereford heifers. These Herefords uro all in calf by Dangerous, u J yearling bull that is to be shown against all Cnglund, next year. One hulf breed between the Hereford and Durham, to show the cross, which I think is an excellent one, probably better than the pure breed of either, and from what 1 saw of Mr. Collier's stock of Middle Aston, it may be extended much farther than gcncrully supposed, for his fourth cross was equal to the tirst?not the least sign of degeneration. Of this 1 will say more, when 1 liuve more time, for I it is now precious. | I have twenty sliearling Cotswold rams from Mr. Hewer. 1 send you finglish paper* to show the average price of each sheep, which-was ?17 16s. lOd* $85,63. The Messrs. Hewers were offered 130 guineas (#750 ) for one shearling, by a noted ram breeder in Lincolnshire ; this offer and sale was bona tide, no humbug or reservation ; this 1 know positively, lor | the Messrs. Hewers do not allow any tiling { of the kind. I will give you my ideas on ! sheep next time. I have a quantity of pigs of various de! script ions ; the best that could be procured ! in England. 1 have one sow and eight I pigs that cannot be beaten in any country, either for fattening qualities or weight. You can judge for yourself when you see them. We shall shown number of our cattle at the show at Niblo's in October, where we invite the owners of the best cut lie in America to appear against us, (with the best of feeling.) for it is opposition and competition that spurs us on to superiority, j but prejudice must be out of the question. Let reality be our helmsman, and perseverance our motto, and then our country can be equal ill sto^k to any on the globe. It all depends on the people. Uf~ .U.ll I - ? n *? v hiiuii uuvo iwcnty-iour rams ior sale, such that cannot he I teuton even in England. This is positive. Mr. Hewer has numerous hackers if he will allow it, to show from one sheep to a hundred, against any person in the world, either ewes or rams. lie has been a very ! careless about showing his sheep and catI tie, having met with n ready sale without it. Wm. H'y Sotiiam. j Portsmouth, August 24, 1840. j Mr. (1 -wcr'a long rut ihtislmd and well known ' annual Hule of Tups, look place at Northlcach , i on Wednesday. nml win, ok il lion always been, , mnM noinoroii.ly ttUendrd Uy oil tins gentlemen and farmers round ulioul. iih wel as IVoiii distant 'part* of the kingdom. Tlu-re were six'y sheep ' for Halo several of which were bougot up for the j panose of twjng exported to the I'm tod State* of ( ! America. The sixiy wcrj sold ut the average , ' price of jC1 8 |i*. 4d.. a circumstances, which . demonstrate the superior value ol Mr. Hewers' ' I sheep. we cm st ito ana fact. ?hnt for one reninr kahly fino tnp, the higli price of JCI50 was ottered t 1 and re'uxed, Mr, Huvvur wishing to keep thn tin* , , imal for his own ew.w.? \Vitl? anil (JluuccsttrI thire Stumlurii ?/ Aug nut, 1. 18 ID, Extracts from snccc.hes nt the York. 4 shire (Bug.) Agricultural Society. ' ; Aoriciu.ti'rai. Pursuits.?"Il'l might I he allowed to express my own opinions, 1 ' should say that the pursuit ot'agriculture, the cultivation of the land, mid the im. ' provement of the fertility of the soil, is " one of the most delightful and most *instructive, and the most honorable pursuits ' j in which a man can he engaged, and not r i only lends hi in to contemplate the wonders ' j of creation and the works of nature, and ' of nature's (iod, hut it also enables hiin, ' j by the aid of successful industry, and by | the application of science, to effect iin' j provements which, under the blessings of ' j divine Providence, cannot fail to be ad' j vantagcous both to the age in which ' he lives and the generations yet to come."?W. Dcxcomur, M. P. s " You are all aware that in the course of my life?now not a very short one? f have applied myselfto many and various i jursuits. hut I have come to that which t! ' >e|icve to he mv naMirnl one?I nl?*anthe t I mprovoment of agriculture?'the proniot- i ing or agriculture hy my own endeavots ' ?'nd hy assisting the endeavors of otheri. < Mr. Dunrombc told us 't was a persuit wot- 1 hy of being followed ; I nHll tell tho* < ivho are entering upon life that they will < ind no pursuit which gives mory tn? is fact ion?I will snv they will Hntf ' ' 10 pursuit which will give so just an oc. I < wpntion of their time with less annoynnru ' ind less disturbance to their tempers. No I >thcr in which they will foci such full sat- I sfaction that they are doing gool in pur- ' iiiing their own pleasures at the same I in?e that they are improving the cause of igricultiire. It is a pursuit to which one i kad all of us should wish success. It is ine of those pursuits which is most delight- , fill to follow ; it is a pursuit which may be | carried on without time ever hanging ' heavily; an occupation interesting in the j mgncai ucgrce and wlulo the agriculturist j is promoting his own interests, he also i promotes the interest of every one of his j neighbors."?Earl Hpkncf.u. Protrction ok Siikki*.?"The point vhich my very few observations will em- I Irace is the extraordinary increase in the jj-owth and condition of sheep by being f?d under cover, in an open yard, with a sked in it. This idea had no doubt oc. cirred to many others besides myself, but I am not nwwrc that any one has so fully ejwmined into the effects attending that iiquiry as I happened to do in the course oflast winter nnd the winter before, (jintlemen, the principle is one that wi h.ivo acknowledged in every pnctical way, by everything tlm? eats, namely, that if it has plenty to en', is warm, and 1ms nothing to do, it is I ve*y likely to increase. I certainly was no. aware, until by jcpeated experiments | I t\stcd the truth of it, namely, tliut the i sane animals when placed in the shade J an! kept warm, not only increased rapidly, : vciy much more rapidly in their condition and weight than when out in the open air: but also that thev consumed a much smaller quantity of food. This I have tested, both Inst year and this. I have not the papers by me to refer to, hut as far as my recollection goes it is this, that the quantity of food consumed was less by at lens! one-third, and that the increase of weight | was tifSly one-third, taking it in round ' numbers. At (he beginning of the season i I huiit a shed which will contain about eighty hogs, (a shed will serve for cattle us well ) and I merely put down a few rough plunks for the cattle, as I have found that it is a great advantage to have boards to lie upon, und if they had straw, and it ! was to get wet, they would be liable to get wet, they would he liable to get the rot in their feet. 1 brought those animals up Inst Christmas, and I found that before two days hud elapsed they did not eat so j much as when they were out of the fold, j by the proportion of five to three. When 1 in the fields they eat fifty basketsftd of J turnips, hut when brought up they eat only j thirty a-day, therefore their improvement ' was in the inverse rate of their cost. Yet j such great progress did they make that you woidd have thought they had been , eating fifty baskets a-day when shut up. and only thirty, when in the field. I gave j them with their turnips a little oliruke, i and certainly the size they grew to was so very great, that at thirteen months old I sold them without their wool for 37*. a piece?and 1 really believe that if the turnips he pulled and brought into the shed they will go twice as far as when consum- ! ed in the field."?I. W. Cimldbks. i Escaping tub Wkkvii. and avoidxu tub Rvsr. These are two important considerations i? ? ?. 'Ci? :i 1 .i iu uiu laiuiLi^t i lie wut'VII 11TIC1 lilt! TUSl Imvo for some years past wellnigh dr. slroycd many fields of wheat, and some have wholly abandoned the culture of it, preferring 10 spend their time and their la. bor upon some other crop that is more sure. If till should do this we should at once be at the mercy of other States for bread, and the golden crop be obtainee from them, by draining the gold itrelf from us, instead of its being a source of profit at home, li is the part of wisdom, neveir to submit to dillieullies until it is apparent to all rational minds that tliey are insurmountable. Knquiry will often unfold squie method of oveeoining the obstacles which rise up in the way of our success, and make us acquainted with the nature of our enemy, and thus enable us to defeat him. Tins course in regard to the grain worm has put us in a way toescane its ravaires. The rvimrinmni ni' I D" f v. Mr. lMuninier, ot'Wales, and ilic observation of others, prove that this insect begios its mischief about the 26th of June, and also that the wheat must he in blossom to enable it to deposite its egg in the ear. Now by sowing spring wheat late, it will not come forward suflicicntly early to be ready for the dcpo.-.itc of the parent llv, and thus it will escape it altogether. We thus get rid of one evil; but we arc? in great danger of running into another equally as ruinous. Wheat that is not sown early, so that the kernel mnv lie hardened and matured before the misty and sulirv dog-days come on, is extremely liable to rust, and thus be destroyed. Whole fields were thus rendered worthless in a single night, during the past iwmmor. And the enquiry has been, how , diall this he prevented ? A suggestion I from our friend Mr. J. Jowett of Wind-| jor, some time since, has been practised i by many of our fanners, and found to be 1 Borreet, viz: that the black sea wheat1 would not blast. ]t appears to have either a more solid straw or a more hardy constitution, and withstands the rust.? livery one, whom we have seen, that raw- J sd this kind of wheat, avers that it es- 1 caped entirely. There is also auothor' t ariety that some of our farmers obtained ! from New Hampshire, that also proves to ' l>c nearly or quite as good us the black sea j wheat for resisting the rust. It is a red- ! bear Jed variety. Hec then we have a I remedy for each difficulty. Sow the , black sea wheat, an.I sow it late. Hut it j is probable that this variety of wh? a will j in time acclima te, so as to he as liable to I rust as the older varieties that we huvu j raised so long. To obviate this it is ne- j cussary to replenish occasionally from the i i . A i- -1 * - ? -i ' mu^uiki kuick. w nn mis view me ivennebcck County Agricultural Society huvc taken measures to obtain a small supp'y direct from tbe lllnck Sea fo( the next ! spring's sowing. We hope that our far- , , iners will not give up wheat raising yet, J but oontinuc to prepare their land and,' obtain the varieties that have hitherto re- , > sistcd the rust, and thereby be enabled to i raise a supply for themselves, *t least, if not for their neighbors who may pursue other business. We must keep an eye to the great and important business of raising bur own supplies.?Maine Fanner MYRTLE SOAP. The vnlue of the wax or tallow from the ' bayberry, (Myrccla rcrifrra ) so abundant j through the whole n length of the atlantic cost for many purposes generally known t Inil there is one use for which i? seems to ! be eminently adapted to which it has not' been commonly applied and that is con- j version into a fine and frHgrant soap. A i writer in the Southern Agriculturist thus | describes the method adopted by him in j the manufacture : j. lie mixed 8 l-*2 a bushels of unslneked ! lime, put them into a cask and leached j thorn with water. The lye was strong e nough to float an egg. Six or eight gal- ; Ions of this lye were put into a six pail kef- i le. and to this was added four jnnmfUt of | myrtle wax. It was kept constantly boil- i ing for six hours, lye being occasionally j added, and the whole stirred with a la lie. I After six hours boiling two quarts of common coarse salt were thrown into it and the whole simmered for an hour. The whole was then turned into tubs to cool ; after *i4 hours the soup was cut out, wiped clean, and weighed. The produce was found to he 4 9 pounds of good soap. At the end of six weeks the soap had lost only a few pounds from the evaporation of the watery particles it contained. In those partsofthc Atlantic states whore the bayberry can he easily collected, there can he no question tnat many dollars to each family might he saved, and an excellent article of domestic economy provided, by making soap from this natural product. Cultivator. AOUKTI/rt.HAI, V'AIU, Fll 11, \ OKI.IMI 1\. This fair was held during the 7th and Hih inst., and embrucd a large collection of cattle and agricultural implements. The nttendenc.e of farmers and strangers was very large, hut tho bidding for cattle was very low, there being hut a slight demand. A plowing match took place on the H?h, for the perposc of testing the superiority of the various ploughs offered for the inspection of the Committee. Mr. C.J. Wolhert's cow Isabella, took j the tirst premium for pure breed of cows? , | H years old. Mr. James Cowcn's row Dairymaid, j took th<' first premium for pure breed, of young cows. We annex a list of the prices at which the cattle were sold, and i we may remark, that most of the cattle I ottered were not full bred. Rose!In, a Durham oow, 4 years old?imported by Capt. Max1 well ' #S2 50 , Nelly, Durham cow, roan color, 3 years old 115 00 | Marv Kearney, white color, 7 months old 20 00 Fanny Kearney, white color, 17 months old 37 50 Modesty, red and white, 15 months j old * 32 50 VfMitwr r on n 1 ) <\lrl Fi'l lift , ".m j iiiwiiiii. 1,1,1 w,r v'" j Koana, Durham cow, 4 years old with heifer, 0 weeks old 07 50 Roman, red leopard spotted, 5 ^ years old 05 00 ! ' Moggy lNill, cow, deep red, 3 years old 25 00 j Favorite, red and wliitc, 2 years old ' 150 00 Rright, full breed Durham cow 150 00 Prince, an Alderney bull, 2 years old * 100 00 A hlcrnr.y Cu die. i 1 cow, $200: 1 do. $200; 1 hull calf, 1 $100; these cattle, before leaving lor the ! I Failed Stalas, took the prize at Guernsey, ! England. Tricks, nudes, rind horses?no sale. South Down Sheep. from $7,<">t) to $l"> ] j each.? f J, S. Gmritc. A gardener at Cilasgow, having noticed j that a woollen rag had blown upon a cur- ' i rant bush, was soon covered with cater| pillars, he placed pieces of woolen elolh | in every hush in his garden, and found the. I next day that the caterpillars had univcr-1 * * fl' ? tally taken to them for *Mi?b I* tik" vay he destroyed many thohpda. An infusion of elder leases is weens nonded by an English paper as good to tprinkle over rose buds and other lossn mbject to blight and the devastations of nsects. IAVK VOUR PKAOU TRICK* FKOM SltfSf # Never having seen the following in . >rint, I send it to you to publish, if yon toe fit; after twelve years exporienos* I am convinced of its efficacy. Pour boilha >r scalding water, for 1 am not very par-/ iculur which, around, and op the bo* >f the treo, as near the ground asposaibla, is often as your trees shohr any syiaptuw ?f doooLy. Indued, I do net always wait or symptoms to appear* I have not last , fr i peach tree for twelve yoaofb having jru. t std the above method for their pros . rvation. I have not failed of haying jjood p ach -s but one year during the whole tiino.?Cultivator. C. S. Pulps. O.firrgo, June 1, 1840. The following paragraphs are selected !>y the Albany Cultivator from the British Partners Magazine. The sentences not marked as quotations are added by the Cultivator. KKNTISH SIIEBP. \V e saw some specimens of the breed of sheep alluded to in the following extract, ui Rochester u year or two since. They were brought from England by Mr. S. VV. Shelter, then a resident in Pittsford, hut now we believe residing at Stamford, IJ. C. "A few days since observing . some sheep which displayed a very beauti- j ful symmetry, on board the steamer Ta- / mar, we made some inquiry and found that they belonged to two gentleiritn , named Dennc. These sheep are an improved Kentish breed, and are from the celebrated flocks of John Palmer, of Heme, near Canterbury. Great trouble has been expended u|>oti this breed, which has been brought to such perfection that the fleeces weigh upwards of six pounds, und a six months' fleeetf weighed four pounds and a half. Notwithstanding the great weight of fleece, the staple is un- .* commonly fine and strong, so much so that for some veers post the whole of the wool has been purchased for the French manufacturers, at prices, vyying a vegtj considerable extent m J&uiiE, Have obtained' these sheep with a view of crossing them with the merino ami Saxon breeds in Ihia colony, and so highly are they cstoedfcd by competent judges, that ton and twelve guineas have been offered for rams of the tirst cross with Merino ewes. Lord Western, the celebrated breeder of Merino sheep, has, wc are informed, lately turned 4 his attention to this improved breed of sheep, and is now crossing them wi'li Merinos with the view to the production of a long and strong wool.'* HKRKSIllUK HOCS. \Y\ copy the following paragraph from a notice of 4Low's Illustrations of Domestic Animals," in the London Farmer's Magazine:?"The drawing of the old English sow, and the Derkshirc, show admirable specimens of the effect of art, in deriving from these originals our present improved breeds. The aptitude of the hog in receiving nlternLous is wonderful; so * that every county, and almost every parish, has now a separate breed of that animal. The size, has boon much reduced to suit the taste, of large towns, and in doing so, there has been sacrificed, as usual with other animals, the mixture of fat with the muscular fibre, property of fecundity, and of nursing a numerous progeny. For bacon, a largo sized animal is indispensable, and for finer purposes we havo ..... .11?, ...?11? c 1- ?*M uun uiiiiai CAVUUUIU OlUUili;! Ul UVAJB* AilC Berkshire breed we have always regard* oil us our host for general purposes, as combining hoth useful size and quantity. The drawing here given of the old bread; shows the straight back, round carcass, * and square form, broad chest, and short neck, which form the point of excellence at the present day. It would be dcsira. hie to get rid of the hlnck color in the pres. ; elit breed, for we think of all colors, the white is the most agreeable in all animals, as pigs and poultry, whore the skin is aU lowed to remain in cooking." The latter part of this extract would seem to show that notwithstanding what has been said about white Berksbiresin this country, in Ivuglnnd such a breed of pigs is unknown. ' THE CROPS IN KNOLAND. I According to the monthly Agricultural i Report for August, in the Farmrr's Maga. ! zine, "The grain crops, and particularly | wheat and barley, were in many districts, 1 line almost beyond recollected precedent.'* j "With respect to this year's growth 1 of wheat," says the editor, "wc have como I to this manure conclusion, viz: that it will come up toa fair average for the kingdom, and prove the fairest as to quality ever gathered." LAMB FAIRS. A ........ I i.*.: U.I.I .4 ..... I /liiimai aimaiv iiviu av ruiiou pifli-vn in various parts of Great Britain for the sale of stock. We notico reports from several Lamb Fairs; for instance, at the I Aries ford Fair, 40 000 sheep were present ?at Melrose, 70,000, and at Ipswich, 1 110,000 sheep and lambs were pen . ... -A..