Litchfield enquirer., 1844-05-02

Mr.. AOAnsss.-f saw in your paner OF March "a
nm an.vver to a communication that appcarso sO'
g.. in which the writer states thar the SoMn.-g
that were left out in l541 signhed Wlsn ~. y pc
rp.annointed with the exception OF one inns was
-, - U1,Il;cly At our annual meeting, probably
one the night previous at private caucus neio IN
T.;tchield, and a. did not have an inyitatlon,
well understood what their design was dld not
excuse myself as had never been IN tne nao.5 o.
riefV was satisfied with the executive committee
rn;fI the execution of one-I suppose he means me-
They had never shown any dissatisfaction with me
until after had made exhibition OF my general
Improvement, and this is one reason why they were
Dissatisfied: another reason was that had ever ar
gued in favor Of actualmprovement, and the encou-
ragement Of our young men; and TINS Is the stunning
up of the whole matter. In answer to the writer,
respecting fat two years old heiers, &c, supposed
we had a viewing committee TO oectoe tha' queS,
ton. As it respects Mr.. c. b. Smiths oxen,
have nothing to say; as it respects the Proprlety
of awarding a premium, but one thing. do say
that John c. Warner, high minded and honoro-
BILE gentleman, also number of gentlemen from
Goshen, strangers to me- (the book OF entries will
give their names,) did all withdraw on account of
MIR. Smiths taking premium on those cattle, and
it was through my means that MIR. Warner was
again restored to the society. As the gentleman
has stated that have threatened of giving my ex-
perience in agriculture to the public by the of
my pen, he speaks as though he thought 1t was
some dangerous thing, and no doubt they have ta-
ken this view of the subject, as they have exerted
themselves prevent its coming into public notice;
he also wishes me to inform the public how MIR.
Smith has improved his 6ock of sheep-probably
from a buck he bought of MIR. Woodruff, in Far
mington, which raised about 8 years since three
years after he procured that buck he made very
great improvement, whether from that buck or
some other, am unable to decide. This improve
mentI have from S. Lawrence, who purchased his
wool I had an introduction to Mr. L. that season
Me- NJ Cvrrs%h Of NTnor4E Mr. T.. cfo fod
to me, in his presence, that Mr.. c. B. Smith had
made great improvement on his wool for three years
precedinghe had increased the size of his fieeces,
it was longer staple, and more perfect style OF
wool. After going through the examination of my
WOOL he decided without hesitation that his i'm
provement must have heen from my flock, for there
was other such style Of wool raised in New Eng
land. After il was known that had sold my wool
to Mr.. L. understood that Mr.. s. had written Mr..
L. letter, stating that he had done him great in
Justice by paying me as much for my wool by the
sorts as he had him, on account of its wasting SO
much in sorting. But when came to examine
their sorting book found that my wool wasted
lbs. on 900; Mr. c. B. Smiths wasted lbs on 400.
Mr.. S.slid not have his designed effect on Mr. L.,
who is high minded and honorable gentleman, and
is ready to give credit where credit is due; he is
not in possession OF this narfowness Of mind of some
of our Ltch6eld County SPECTATORS. He asks by
what process he traces back full blooded Saxony
buck, once owned by Mr.. Smith, now called the
WSulng BUCK 1nlS l Will nO attempt 10 40, LOT
! claim credit from him, as he did not originate
from my flock. And next, just look at MIR. s , own
report on the stock from that buck entried by Mr..
Whiting-he says they are not fine. In the next
place, the gentleman wishes me to inform the pub
lie why Merino wool makes better broadcloth than
SaXony? Any information can give to the public
on the subject of agriculture shall do tcheerfuly.
If they will examine into the subject they will find
that every hurl of wool Is a hollow tube, and has
joints in it; the native oil circalates through the
center Of it. The; Saxony wool, .in our climate,
when exposed to the weather, becomes dead at the
outer end, that the native oil does no. circulate
through. The consequence is, the wool loses its
felting properties, They can only make 6ne and
light goods from it. The Merino wool of the es-
curial breed of sheep is equally as dne hurl the
Saxony, longer staple, and the oil circulates thro'
the whole length of the wool, the oil lodging upon
the very outer end of the woel congeals together,
and forms snrt Of crust which gives them little
darker complexion; it preserves the life Of the
wool, and loses no part of its telling properties.
This kind of wool will make equally as fine and
heavy body, and more durable piece of goods
have had the good fortune to get in possession Of
this breed of sheer, and wherever they have been
crossed with the Sayony they have increased the
quantity and quality of the wool where it has been
through the process Of staplng, the wool has inn
proved at least cts. in pound in everv instance.
will now refer you to few men that have tried
this experiment. N. B. Smith and N Preston of
Woodbury. D. Wooster of Mddlebury, f. Hick-
OK ana tI> r. MefrimAn OF Wlicft0Wn; ami Vlr. y.
B. Smith in his purchasing wool is disposed to run
down the sheep, but wherever he finds the cross
pays higher prices. And now ! will refer YOU to
few of these gentlemen. Mr.. Norman Norton of
Goshen, A. Hucksley, and Mr.. Pettbone of New
Marlborough. They are now crossed on the fine
stock OF the full blocded Saxonv buck, called the
Whiting buck. | will here show an Improvement
of more than five cents in pound the next clip.
Your correspondent Farther inquiries, how can
trace most Of the Improvement on domestic animals
and agriculture back to myself? have no desire
for the credit on any mans Improvement. The
cow that Mr.. c. B, Smith sold to Mr.. Lawrence of
Lowell for a very great price, went out Of my yard
the winter before she was two years old. Also the
working oxen of A Hotchkiss of Sharon, Chandler
Judd of Watertown, F. Buel Of Litch6eld, all Of
which received premiums in Litchield in 1S42,
sired by bulls II at owned and raised. As it
respects the prejudice against Mr.. Hurlbut, when
man is nominated for an Office in the society and
is opposed in the meeting, and the vote challenged
we have good right to say there is strong preiu
dice. As the writer under consideration has stated
that threatened to give my improvement to the
cation will be somewhat lengthy, will attempt to
be perfectly harmless, and will, think injure no
one In 1888 commenced piece Of ground Of 70
acres; it in low state Of cultivation, without
fence, priced few years since at 1918 an acre.
should Judge from the appearance that about one
third Of the whole surface was covered with stone:
the principal product was hard hack, bulrush and
bitterbrake and lay gradual ascent to the west
expended about $3.50 in drawing stone and ma
king wall before commenced ploughing; it was
so very wet we were Obliged to ridge it cOrnerwavs,
so that each ridge would carry off its own watcra