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BL LL- . .LI - - 1 ?" Fur the Fanners' Gazette. ItrLKS FOK RKKKDINU. What follows may appear to Ik? dreaminess, to uuprofound intellects, who have I o' studied pity biology.?It is an epotime, 1 viui. >1* of Mr. Walker's a if views of organization. Yet mankind had discovered previous to Mr. Walker's publication tiial tliey |M?ssesscd the power of amelioration, and that of deterioration, of their own organization, in their offspring.? Tuey knew that organic laws like their own existed in domestic animals. W: at nil these laws wer", in either ease as regards generation, was unknown, previous to Mr. Waiker's publication, 'l'liis Isiok g.ves a iuuci more nice rule, or rules, for breeding otlspriug, than has hitherto ? x is ted; and will, without doubt, he soon a iplie I to breeJiu^ pro'.ii ihlv, domes'ic | a nmals, if' not to brooding hi mi.?lVoft uhlenegs, iroiu tho 1;lsI act allnd d to, in tv be too remote, to excite - attention. Toe newly discovert: 1 law, ? a*? be applied to use, by iinphiloHophical persons, ldie tie: mariner's compass, or the t'lcriiioiuc -r. Toe organic law, or laws, to reg u' ite our conduct arc us follows. 1. Aiiimil organization grows, from , two parents in two, somewhat, umsy metrical halves; and each part has mostl\ the properties of the parent, from which it is derived, notwithstanding the iiuiri* cions blood, which circulates through f both halves Atavism and 'freaks of org izatiou may change this tendency of g will, soncwhuf, in some few cases.? U ;auizatioii is indostruetable, save by luc deutii of tho whole, or a part of it, and is continued in posterity.?lis growth, h.wcver, io so uioditied, as to occasion a i amalgamation, or suitable joining of the two halves during life. An I the h'ool moving through both halves link 's v tildrcn of the same parents resemble rain ill ll( r. J. The mo.i. excitable parents, for the time 1m*iup, always gives, f?r future growth, the vital viscera within the whole trunk, anil likewise the intellectual part o f the brain, which grows within the forehead. T?ie less ardent parent on the ot ?er hand, gives nrmtter,/7>r the growth the fanes, I ie locomotive orgunizulion, the buck head, ^ / mbs and moveable parts- of the face.? Pirental seed grows, during the life of o"f*pring, into the likeness of the parent, from which it came. An J so on, a?l infinitum. 3. The female is generally, yet not always, the most ardcui, for uuuioinical reasons. Toe passionate ness in e.ither sex may be increased liy previous unimlulgencc. JI 'lice if good intellects nnd solud vicera are wauled, in most men, in ninny cattle, in hogs, in some sheep, females should hi; tiie best, and in vig- j nrotis health ; while in horses, cam- j els, elephants and in some iner, I where speed and muscular strength j is mostly wanted, the male should he the best; unless the conclusion be that both male and female he equally good, or the best of their kind, and of nearly equal a id suitable ngiit which case (here can lie little chanc" for disappointment, unless there lie qtut*i i(U'ii!ily of organi/. ition, as that of |>cri)icious "In and In breeding." 4. Tne above are golden rules or I problems; yet some unlikeness is wanted. Hence the utility of projxrlv crossing of breeds in the same race. Anntiveness cannot exist without dissimilarity of organization.?The faculty of propagation fails, from too much likeness, as it does from too mnoli age. 5. Let it always be borne in mind, that it is the resemblance, as regards the configuration of auv organization, much more, than that of its size, or structure,! which enables any one to perceive which parts have been derived from a eiven - - parent. Prominent caws may l>e needed for beginners, in this science, under review. The size und structure of apart varies with the age of its growth, more* than is the case as regards form. Uesides to know structure dissection is needed. It is a general menial law to identify, on the one hand, the species of organization l>y ita shape and on the other hand, its | aige by ts size.? ft. Walker's science was much wanted to finish that of Dr. (Jail, or what 0mm CIIKHAW: i may be viewed as pertaining tophrenolo- ( gy. The pen is stopped, because it is ; presumed, thut no one will act ti|>on Mr. , Walker's plan without studying his hook : attentively.-?It has some errors without' doubt: and it may too often attemnt to ! to explain what is beyond the ken of Use- i lul philoKopli}'. We have not minds j given us t?? penetrate the modus operandi | of growth. Nor can wo penetrate otherwise, than by conjecture, what may hnve l>een the laws of nature, previous to the era of history and science.?The object is to turn the attention of newspaper readers to Mr. Walker's hook, on Inter, marriages. [Our res|K.cted correspondent will see that wc have omitted one or two sentences in his valuable eoininiiuieutioii.] Foiii the Cultivator. ExTUACT from inotksoka Travbllf.*. " Among the recent importations for improvement that luivc token place in this Slate, (New York) is that of Hereford entile and ('otswold sheep, by .Mr. Corning, of Albany. Attracted by the letter of Mr. Sotham, that appeared in the July numlier of the Cultivator, when down last month, I i made an inspection of these superb animals that gave me a very different opinion than 1 have heretofore entertained of these breeds. All other Ilcrcfords that 1 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 iJ i ... .1 ? mini*, oni 11lose nearly approach llictn now innllsiu'li particulars, cspec.ially in the great wi llh ol'the hip hones, showing a capacity when well fed, to place their meat in those parts where it is most valun- I Me, audi cannot hut.coincide in the rein- ! ark ofo leofour most distinguished breeders of Durhams, *-that on the right soil, thev would give the Short Horns enough to do to nmitruiu their present high pi-sition." Rut how are they enabled to ncouiplish 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. Sothnni talks of their good milking qualities, 1 must confess that though 1 eyed them sharply, am! handled them closely, 1 was not favored by any such discoveries in their veins, nor did the appearance of their udders make up at all for this deficiency, and I should require soine proof of the fact, before 1 could he convinced that even in comparison with our good native dairy cows, they could he culled even fair milk- { ers. It is aitiKirpnt ihi?w?tVir? ?K?i ? !?.. I general purjsises of improving our native j stock, tliattlie Hereford# cannot be rivals I of the Durliains, at least till they are st ill ' farther advanced to good milkers, which j will then make them lint in fact another { race of improv< d Short Horns. Yet if the j Hereford* yield to the Durhnms at the dni- j ry, in the volte, they must he far superior | to any other of the ox kind, lor the\ have , nearly the quick step the line hone, the si. I new and muscle of the Devon, with a much i greater weight and size. I could not hut ! admire tin; great length and rotundity of, the barrel, the smooth, powerful structure : of their frames, and e.loan elastic limhs. In J fact, as workers they seem to me tola: that j happy medium in the race of oxen, that I am so d? sirous of seeing cultivated more generally in horses ; neither the light mot- ! Ilesoine racer on the one hand, nor the j siow, ncsny cart horse on tho other, hut the sup rinr and more happily mixed general utilitarian. To those who are breeding working, oxen, or slock expressly for liio bu'eher, 1 would strongly recommend these Ilorelords. 1 'should think them particularly well adapted to the rich inleri' ior of the Western Suites, where cattle must he driven a market. In that case the blood of the Dcvous, to which the Her- ' etords are so nearly allied, could not hut tell like that of the thorough bred racer on ! the course. The ('otswold sheep, I found much finer in the head and other points, than I expected to see them ; they are also very large, and the anion ill of wool t liev are said to shear, is almost incredible. I cannot, how- I ever hut think their mutton would he too gross; and I doubt whether they will ever find the general fuvor in the American: market, that the South Down does. There is ! this difference Itefween tho consumers of j English ami American mutton ; in the former country, hcing cheaper than pork, it is salted down l?y the poorer classes, to ho i eaten instead of it, here wc rarely salt mut- j ton, hut cat it Iresh ; it is therefore desirable to have it as tender and lean as possible, qualities in which the South Downs are far superior to any other breed of sheep j that I know of. 1 should like? to see a show liciwoim VI r. t'liriuiio'j ('nlwu ulilw ??'l M. jssrs. Dunn's and A dock's I<eiocsters. j Arc we never to have a State Agricultural Meeting ami l'nir for llie.se and other purposes, in the pleasant month of September? Nothing in the world could he so hem (icial to the agriculture of New York, as this; or | more surely aid its stock improvements. | It is a crying shame that we should he so I far behind our young! r sisters, Ohio and ' Kentucky, in these respects. "An excellent correspondent of the, Tenncsew Southern 0nltivator, makes the \ following remarks?"A few years ago, if _ P _ -1_~ ' ? . . n iunir:r, im'sseo 111 Ills jroit r.lullies, hupponed, in what was railed gv tiled society, to speak of his bullocks, his lam'.>9, or his pi?f-, rosea tttre turned up at liiin, and lie iwrrfi' m \?w?m&w OLINA. Wt wos conMdered vulgar and insipid. But a I reaction has taken place in public scnti- p inent, and now it is the common conver- h sat ion of fashionable circles ; and you will ii hear fluent discourses on Durham cattle, i Leicester and South Down sheep, and a Berkshire and Irish Grazier hogs."? ]\ This change, I am glad to say, is tl pervading the north as well as the south, v and is even found to have inoculated th?? fi K(lftl>r HOT mwl u. ? 1* * .L_.ll ?i , ullu w> vi luuiivv iiiuicui) l aimii s quote tw<? instances. A party of gentle- n men was recently looking over a herd of c Short Horns, when the name of an indiv- a idual cow was asked for; the owner liiin- o self could not tell without going to the i> house to appeal to his books, w hen turning ? to his daughter uenr by, she replied, " Oh, ti that it Moss Rose;" und in answer to a a letter on the subject of slock, that I ad- a dressed to a corresjtondent not long since, o in his absence, his wife, in a beautiful Ita- f lian hand, replied quite as sulisfuctorily as c 1 could have expected of the gentleman | li himself. li Buffalo, Aug. 1810. A. B." i< Lkttf.h from I'ixvlaxd. J, Messrs. Cayi.oho tk Tucker?I am so far on my journey, with the hest lot of stock ever seen together. They consist v of the following : li One cart colt, one year old, allowed by g the best judges to be as good as England f can produce. s 4 \ * ' 1 v^nu can mure, six years oia, equally c good. I One Hereford cow, that won the prize c at Oxford, lrto9, against all England ; and i; u young hull from her, eleven mouths old. e Two live year old Hereford cows. ( Five yearling Hereford heifers. These v Herelbrds are all in calf bv Dangerous, u ^ yearling bull that is to be shown against all c England, next year. c One half breed between the Hereford v and Durham, to show the cross, which 1 i; think is un excellent one, probably better 1 than the pure breed of either, and from s what I saw of Mr. Collier's stock of Mid- n die Aston, it may be extended much far- v thcr than gencrully supposed, for his fourth a cross was equal to the lirst?not the least b sign of degeneration. Of this 1 will say |< more, when I have more time, for b it is now precious. p I have twenty sliearling Cotswold rams r from Mr. Hewer. I send you English ti paper* to show the average price of each o sheep, which w as JC17 16s. 1(W* $S5,03. w The Messrs. Hewers were olfered 150 u guineas (#750 ) for one shearling, by a I noted ram breeder in Lincolnshire ; this e oiler and sale was bona lide. no humbug a or reservation ; this 1 know positively, for r the Messrs. Hewers do not allow anv thing tl of the kind. 1 will give you my ideas on t< sheep next time. w I have a quantity of pigs of various de- v scriptions; the best that could be procured tl in England. 1 have one sow and eight li pigs that cannot he beaten in anv country, t either for fattening qualities or weight, u You can judge for yourself when you see h them. ii We shall shown number of our cattle ti at the show at Nihlo's in October, where t! we invite the owners of the best cuttle in v America to appear against us, (with the k best of feeling.) for it is opposition and y competit ion tliut spurs us on to superiority, c hut prejudice must he out of the question, u Let reality he our helmsman, and persev- t crance our motto, and then our country a can he equal in stock to any on the globe, s It all depends on the people. 1 We shall have twenty.four ranis for ji sale, such that cannot he hcutcii even in i Kngland. This is positive. t Mr. Hewer has numerous hackers if lie <: will allow it, to show from one sheep to a hundred, ngainst any person in the world, either ewes or rains, lie has been a very eareless about showing his sheep and eat. tic, having met with a ready sale without t it. Wm. H'v Sotiiam. 1 Portsmouth, August 2-1, 1^40. t I ? Mr. II wer'a lungrvt ihlislmd and well known j annual ruIo of 'l'nps. look place ul Nortlilnacli , on >vo(inc-?:ay, nml win, ?h il linn iilwuyn been, ^ iiiom nuino.-oilrly attended l?y till (tic gentleman and tiirmtirs round ultout. iin wel uh from dif-lint pnru of the kingdom. There were fixiy idicep for huIp several of which won' lsuig.it up for Uio jiiiri os'.! of h. rig exported io th < United StaleB of America. Tim sixiy wcrj Bold at the average price ofjUIB Ii n. 4d.. n circumstance*, wliich denioi.B!rate lliw superior valur ol Mr. Hewer*' aheep. we c in ot ilo n* a fact, 'lint for nne reninrk tl*l v fun: tnp.tlip liig'i price of ii 150 wan otfered nud r*'ti?nd, Mr, Hewer willing to keep the animal for Iim own ewe*.? Will* nml (iluucc*ttt shire Stunduril ?/ August, I. IHID. Extracts frotn speeches at the Yorkshire (Eng.) Agricultural Society. Aomcti.ti'rai, Pitrspits.?44 Iff might he allowed to express my own opinions, 1 should say that tlio pursuit of agriculture, the cultivation of the land, and the im. provement of the fertility of the soil, is one of the most delightful and most instructive, and the most honorable pursuits in which a man can be engaged, uritl not only ieads hiin to contemplate the wonders of creation anrl the works of nature, nnH \ of nature's (iod, hut it also run hies him, 1 by the a it! of successful industry, and by j the application of science, to effect im- ( provements which, under the blessings of s divine Providence, cannot fail to he ad- | vnntagcous both to the age in which , lie lives and the generations yet to | come."?W. Dr.vcoMUR, M. I*. 44 Yoii are all aware that in the course j of mv life?now not a very short one? ^wr<$lj? jUBwamwasu liNWDATTNO^^BK luiVe applied myself to many and various lursuits. hut I have come to that which ( elieve to he mv naturnlone?'Infantile mprovoni??nt. of agriculture?'the prnniot- j ng of floriculture hy my own endeavots od hy assisting the endeavors of other*. [ ?Ir. Duneoinbetold us it was a persuit wo|- I hy of being followed ; I Will tell tho>e j rlio are entering upon life that they will i ind no pursuit which gives nine? j I ?:n " 1 .vr.. i win n?v IlU'V Will mm 10 pursuit which will give so just an oc. I npntion of thoir time with less annoyance i ml loss disturbance to their tempers. No ' thcr in which they will fool such full sat- i faction that they aro doing good in pur. iting thoir own pleasures at the same inie that they are improving the cause of griculture. It is a pursuit to which one ,nd all of us should wish success. It is ne of those pursuits which is most delight ill to follow ; it is a pursuit which may be nrried on without time ever hanging icavily; nn occupation interesting in the lighest degree and while the agriculturist ?promoting his own interests, he also iromntcs the interest of every one of his iciglibors."?Earl Spencer. Protection ok Sheep.?"Tim point Inch my very few observations will emrace is ihc extraordinary increase in the fowth and condition of sheep hv being ed under cover, in nn open yard, with a ked in it. This idea had 110 doubt 00irrod to many others besides myself, but am not nwurc that any one has so fully Aaminod into the ctrects attending that irpiirv as I happened to do in the course if last winter and the winter before, jimtlcnicn, the principle is one tliut v? h.ive acknowledged in every inctic.nl way, hv everything tlin' tats, namely, that if it has plenty to a", is warm, and has nothing to do, it is e-y likely to increase. I certainly was 10'. aware, until by jepeated experiments tested the truth of it, namely, tliut tin ano animals when placed in the shade ,nl kept warm, not only increased rapidly, cry much more rapidly in their condition nd weight thnn when out in the open air: ut also that thev consumed a much stnalir quantity of food. This I have tested, oth last year and this. 1 have not the apors by me to refer to, hut as far as my ecollection goes it is this, that the quau ity of food consumed was less by at lens! no-third, and that the increase of weight ras fully one-third, taking it in round lumbers. At the beginning of the season built a shed which will contain about ighty hogs, (a shed will serve for cattle s well ) and ( merely put down a few ough plunks for the cattle, as I have found liat it is a groat advantage to have boards o lie upon, und if they had straw, and it . as to get wet, they would be liable to get ret, they would bo liable to got the rot in lieir foot. 1 brought those animals up ist Christmas, and I found that before wo days bad elapsed tbev did not eat so nueh as when thov were out of the fold, y the proportion of five tothreo. When ii the fields they eat fifty basketsful of urnips, but when brought up they eat only liirty a-day, therefore their improvement , as in the inverse rate of their cost. Yet tich groat progress did tlioy make that ou would have thought they had been ating fifty baskets a-tlay when shut up. nd only thirty, when in the field. I gave hem with their turnips a little olicukc, nd certainly the size they grew to was o very great, that at thirteen months old sold tlwiii without their wool for ttT.v. a tiece?and 1 rmlh believe that if theturlips he pulled and brought into the shed Hoy will go twict'Hs tar us when consum:d in the field."?I. W. <'iiii.dkk*. Escaping tub Wkrvii. and avoidni; the rlst. These are two important considerations o our fanners. The weevil nnd the rust lave for some years past wcllnigh <le. itroyed many fields of wheat, uud some lave wholly abandoned the culture of it, ^referring lo spend their time and their la. ?or upon some other crop that is more aire. If all should do this we should at nice be at the mercy of other States for ircad, and the golden crop he ohtaincc 'ioiii them, bv draining the gold itrelf roin us, instead of its being a source o! noiil at home. Ii is the part of wisdom, lever to submit to dillicullies until it is l?? nil riitiioiiil I- .1--. .1 -, ~. ? .... .uuuiiiii iniiiin uiai llll'V ire insurmountable. Kmpiiry will often infold sqitie method of ovccoming the obstacles w hich rise up in the way of our iucccim, und make us uc(|iiaiuted with the lalure of our enemy, ami thus enable us o defeat him. This course in regard to lie grain worm has put us in a way to escape its ravages. The experiment ol Mr. Plummcr, of Wales, and the ohservaion of others, prove that this insect be'ins its mischief about the 'JOth of June, ind also that the wheat must he in bios. ?om to enable it to deposito its egg in the jar. Now by sowing spring wheat late, t will not conic forward sulliciently early obe ready for the deponite of the parent lv, and thus it will escape it altogether. We thus get rid of one evil: but we are n ureal danger of running into another equally as ruinous. Wheut thai is not own early, so that the kernel may l>e lardenod and matured before the misty tnd suliry dog-days ootne on, is extremely lable to rust, and thus be destroyed. Whole fields were thus rendered worthess in a single night, during the past R 4, I840. U'immor. And the enquiry has been, how i shall this he prevented ? A suggestion from our friend Mr. J. Jewett of Wind- { sor, some time since, has been practised 1 by many ol' our fanners, and found to be ! i Correct, via: that the black sea wheat 11 would not blast. It 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 ed this kind of wheat, avers that it es- , caped entirely. There is also anothor ': variety that some of our farmers obtained j from New Hampshire, that also proves to ' be nearly or quite as good us tho black sea ! wheat for resisting the rust. It is a red- ! i bear Jed variety. l!e*o then we have a! i remedy for each difficulty. Sow the , i black sea wheat, mi I siiw if lain. Hut it ! ' is probable that this variety of wh? a will in time accliina tc, so as to he as liable to ' , rust us the older varieties that we have ( raised so long. To obviate this it is lie- < j cessary to replenish occasionally from the j original stock. With this view the Iveiij ncbcck County Agricultural Society have i taken measures to obtain a small supp'y | direct from the lllack Sea for the next | spring's sowing. We hope that our far- , i iners will not give up wheat raising yet,! but oontinuc to prepare their land and) obtain the varieties that have hitherto re- ? sisted the rust, and thereby be enabled to raise a supply for themselves, at least, if not for their neighbors who may pursue j other business. We must keep an eye io the grcut and important business of raising our own supplies.?Maine Fanner MVKTI.E SOAP. The value of the wax or tallow from the Imyherry, (Myrccla rcrifrra ) so abundant through the whole n length of the atlantic cost for many purposes generally known j hut there is one use for which i' seems to ! ! he eminently adapted to which it has not been commonly applied and that is con- 1 version into a fine and fragrant soap. A i I writer in the Southern Agriculturist thus | describes the method adopted by him in , the manufacture : l Ue mixed 3 1-2 a bushels of unslncked ' lime, put them into a cask nisi leached ; them with water. The lye was strong v.- : nough to float an egg. S:x or eight gallons of this lye were put into a six pail ket- i tie. and to this was added four jtounils of [ I myrtle wax. It was kept constantly boil- i j ing for six hours, lye being occasionally | ' added, and the whole stirred with a la He. | After six hours boiling two quarts of common coarse salt xvere thrown into it and the whole simmered for an hour. The whole was then turned into tubs to cool ; after 24 hours the soap was cut out, wi|>ed | clean, u mi woigneu. i no produce was j IoikhI to he 40 pounds of good soap. At | ; the end of six weeks the soap had lost only j a few pounds from the evaporation ol* the watery particles it contained, j In those parts oft lie Atlantic states where I the hayhcrry can he easily collected, there ; can he no question that many dollars to | each family might he saved, and an cxccli lent article of domestic economy provided, ! by making soap from this natural product. Cultivator. I AOUiri't.Ti:i(AI. FA I It, I'll 11. \ OKI.I'll I A. This fair was held during the 7th and I , mli inst., and emhracd a large colieelioti of cnttle anil ngrieullural implements, j The attendence of farmers and slrangi ers was very large, hut the bidding for cattle was very low, there being hut a slight demand. A plowing match took place on tiemh, for the jH-rpose of testing the superiority of the various ploughs offered for the inspection of the Committee. ! Mr. C.J. Wolhert's cow Isabella, took ho first premium lor pure brood of cows? ( * years old. ! Mr. James Cowan's cow Dairymaid, j took I lie first premium for pure breed, of] young cows. We annex a list of the j prices at which the rattle were sold, and wo may remark, thnt most of the cattle ; ollercd were not full bred. Rose!(a, a Durham now, 4 years ! old?imported by Capt. Max' well 50 | Nelly, Durham row, roan color, 51 | years old 115 00 " Marv Kearney, white color, ': 7 months old 20 00 ! Fanny Kearney, white color, 17 months old 07 .r>0 ' Modesty, red and white, 15 months | old * 512 50 Young Nellv, roan, 12 months old 00 00 ! Roana, Durham row, 4 years old with heifer, 0 weeks old 07 50 Roman, red leopard spotted, 5 I years old 05 00 : Moggy Poll, cow,deep red, 5 years old' ' 25 00 rnvnrilc, red and while, '2 years old * 150 00 Bright, full breed Durham row lot) 00 Prince, an Alderney bull, M years old ' 100 00 Alder nr. y CuUlc. i 1 row, $200: 1 do. 8200; 1 bull ealf, I 8100; these rattle, before leaving for the I United Status, took the prize at (iuoriisey, ; Kngland. .larks, mules, and horses?no sale. ' South Down Sheep, from 87,.">0 to 815 ] each.? (J. S. (itueltc. A garde.ner at fllasgow, having noticed that a woollen rag had blown upon a currant bush, was soon covered with caterpillars, he placed pieces of woolen cloth j in every bush in his garden, and found the I next day that the caterpillars had univer I ^ . . A ( ' Jf. * * :f 1, A' NUMBKK 51. * sally taken to them for shelter. lu thiu way he destroyed many thousand*. An infusion of elder leaves is recom. mended by an English paper as good to sprinkle over rose buds and other flowers subject to blight and the devastations of insects. SAVE VOL'K PEACH TREKS FROM ORUflS. Never having seen the following in print, I send it to you to publish, if you nni> fit? I) H?r tiuoluu lin.ru r>%, rii.rlnn?n I ? r" ...f ? ?>/ vat v y \'Ui o IVH'UUi JL aiU convinced of its clficary. Pour boiling or scalding water, for I ain not very particular which, around, and on the bo I? of tho tree, as near the ground as possible, us often as your trees show any symptoms of dooay. Indued, I do not always wait for symptoms to appear. I have not lost a peach tree lor twelve years, having prn? t srd the above method for their preservation. I have not failed of having good p ach !S but one year during the whole time.?Cultivator. C. S. Phelps. Oxicego, June 1, 1840. The following paragraphs are selected by the Albany Cultivator from the British Fanners Magazine. The sentences not marked as quotations arc uddod by tho Cultivator. KENTISH SHEEP. We saw Home specimens of the breed of sheep alluded to in the following extract, at Rochester u year or two since. They were brought front England by Mr. S. W. Shelter, then a resident in Pittsford, but now we believe residing at Stamford, II. C. "A few days since observing some sheep which displayed a very beautiful symmetry, on board the steamer Tantar, we made some inquiry and found 1 that they belonged to two gentlemen named Dennc. These sheep are an im- * proved Kentish breed, ami nro from the 1 celebrated Hocks of John Palmer, of I Heme, near Canterbury. Grcut trouble ' bus been expended upon this breed, which has been brought to such perfection that the fleeces wciifh upwards of six nounds. ---* I ?' und a six months' fleece weighed four pounds mid a half. Notwithstanding tho great weight of fleece, the staple is uncommonly fine and strung, so much so that for some years post the whole of the wool has hcen purchased for t he French manufacturers, at prices varying a very considerable extent, in Kent, have obtained these sheep with a view of crossing them with the merino and Saxon breeds in this colony, and so highly are they esteemed by competent judges, that ten and twelve guineas have been oflbrcd for rums of the lirst cross with Merino ewes. Lord Western, the celebrated breeder of Merino sheep, has, we are informed, lately turned his attention to this improved breed of sheep, ami is now erasing them wi'U Merinos with the view lo the production of a long und strong wool." HKKKsiliKK IIOCS. We 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 llerkshire, show admirable specimens of I he elFect of art, in deriving from these originals our present unproved breeds. The aptitude of the hog in receiving alteruLous is wonderful; so that every county, and every parish, has now a separate breed of that, animal. The size has boon much reduced to suit Ilt<? taste of largo towns, and in doing so, thorn has boon sacrificed, as usual with other animals, the mixture of fat [ with the muscular tibrc, property of tecum ] ?lity, ami of nursing a numerous progeny, i For haoon. a largo sized animal is indis. ! petisnhlc, and for liner purposes we have i now many cxcollent smaller breeds. The j Berkshire breed we have always regardI ed as our best for general purposes, as I combining both useful size and quantity. ! The drawing here given of the old breed; shows the straight hack, round carcass, > and square form, broad chest, and short ' neck, which,form the j?oiut of excellence j at tin; present day. It would be desira, Me to gel rid of the blnek color in the pr<isent breed, for we think of all colors, tho w bite is i he most agreeable in all animals, as pigs and poultry, where the skin is allowed to rmnain in cookim*." Tli? In ???> > n- - ?w part of this extract would seem to show that notwithstanding what has heen said nhoiit white flerkshires in this country, in Knglaud such n breed of pigs is unknown. TilK CROPS IN KNOt.AND. According to the monthly Agricultural Report for August, in the Farmrr's Magazine, "The grain crops, and particularly 1 wheat and barley, were in many districts, line almost beyond recollected precedent." j "With respect to this year's growth ' of wheat," says the editor, l,wc have como | to this manure conclusion, viz: that it will ' conic no triii lair iivrrani! for thr> Lrir?rr/t??.?? i ;? -~r> ",v and provr the fairest as to quality ever gathered." L \MB FAIRS. i Annual Fairs arc held at stated places in various parts of Circat Britain for the sale of stock. We notieo reporta from several Lamb Fairs; for instance, at tho Arlesford Fair, 40 000 sheep were present ?at Melrose, 70,000, nnd at Ipswieh, ' 110,000 sheep und luinbs were pen * . w- A .. .A'*