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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
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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.
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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
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