New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1860-02-21

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the thermometer falls 10 Fahrenheit for every i3 feet
Of elevation. The limit of perpetual snow is very
| various in different Attitudes Thus it is at
Place. Ii, Latitude. Temperature Fem
Falkland r.e.............. aski Cos d' sfs e.
R RssIS. AiyIe............,ssttsssSs ss$
| London ......,,.....''.''....''3i 81 ~ ~
csIcnalsi................:sassE 50
The greatest annual depth of rain occurs at San
Luis, MaraDham, $50 inchesi the next in order are
Calcutta, 81 Rome SO; London, %; Hanover, N H.,
SO; New-York State, &c; Ohio 42; Missouri, 80 265.
Is popular superstition that there is moro moist.
| ure in the air on foggy day than scorchng hot
day in July; while the truth quite the reverse. In
hot weather, a vast quantity of water is evaporated
from the earhs surface and exists In the air as an IN
visible vapor; but if could suddenly lower the tenn
perature Of the air to certain point, all this moisture
would be condensed into thick fog body of air can
absorb, at 800 Fahrenheit the 6Oth part OF its own
weight Of watery va9or; at 39 Fahrenheit the Sotn
part of its own weight Of wstery vapor; at 80 Fab
reDbeit the 10th part of ts weight of watery va
por at l3 Fahrenheit the 10Th part of is own weight
| Of wateTy vapor
Hygrometers are instruments by which the humidity
of the atmosphere is determined. simple one can be
had by taking polished silver or tin cup, into which
we are to place toerable thermometer. We observe
the temperature of the air; then put some ice water
Tito the cup and the beads OF moisture begin
collect on the outside of the cup, observe the Their
mometer 1t VII, Of course have fallen, and the dit
ference between the formerand present temperatures
| will show the dew point or the number OF degrees
which it would be necessary to cool the air to cause
the deposit OF dew Speaking of the thermometers we
buy at the shops Prof Siman said they were gener-
| ally very unreliable. good Thermometer Is one
which contains good mercury, which has perfectly
uniform bore throughout the tnbe, and which IS well
made We may test them thus To get the boiling point,
of courre put the bulb into Boiling water and see
if the mercury res to 2l2. Toget the freezing point
at So And to get I'd the point mix ice aud
sal and pack them about the bulb. Before coming TO
the lecture he bought four thermometer and showed
Us that they severally marked % b2 % ana DO
thermometer should be hung against the wall
Of house for the radiated heat makes the mercury
rise often as much as A.. 1t should he placed on post
in the yard. 1t has been proved that in our country
the euperatuIe at a. m. will be just Il less than the
average Of the whole day If our thermometer marks
| 500 ut that hour, we may know that the day WI l
average just SO. The coolest hour Of the day is
| Z 8. IN and the warmest 2p. m.
Mr.. Lewis +. Allen returned after weeks absence,
looking well and portly az ever, and this afternoon
| gave us a lecture on mutton sheep. lie commenced
| with allusion to the universal use OF mutton In
ENGLAND and it's superior quality. twas OF peculiar
" strengthening natlre and for this reason chosen as
diet for prize-fg hters acrobats, and like gentry.
| The Meiino sheep he deemed essentially wool
making animal, its meat being coarse, dry, ana III
favored. This peculiarly is due to the fact that the
substance of the animal goes toward making It's hne
| fleece. In fact, AS mutton maker, he deems Inc
MeInoc little superior to our gauDt, scraWny, long
legged "rative sheep. In this country we have had
| Introduced two breeds of sheep which are, par er-
cellcace, the great milton makers above all others
They are tie South down, and the long wooded family
Of Leicester, Cotswolds, Lineolns, Romney- Marsh,
ard Teeswaters these being seyeray their local names
| in England but all blending after crosses and re-
cIossCs into great great division OF long-wools,
| as cohtrsdistnguifhed from the 'mlade-wooled
South; own. Mr. Allen illustrated The physical &C.
| velopmont Of the Meriro Sou'hdowns, and Lece3'
| ters. by plaster models brought for the purpose
mrtton sheep is at ito highest state OF development
her, after removing its head and legs, the remunr
| nf man Had N
| geo-retIy parallelipipedon. The merno has not
eIcugl breadth of Lind quarter, nor spy Nc Of rib,
| ard his belly is dspTOpcrtionately large. Ihe
Shutdown, on the other hand, Is possessed OF
all good POINTS, thfives even under Soma neglect.
| aud is. 20 hardy as 10 Withstand cold and storms
| The long-wooied Leicester or Gotta void ID equal
| " well built, but must be comfortably housed IN
| W'n'er TO DO wei. The Soulhdown natures at two
| years Of age, while common Iunts would need
| corble TIE time TO mai an equal weight, and would
| cost third more TO make it. The Shutdown Is
wlite.wooled, but has dark brown face, and legs
VARYING in color in different cases from slate color TO
sooty black. well grown ram should weigh from
80 to $50 lbs and the range from l2O to loO lbs
with that a couple Of hundred farmers on the poor
| billy soils Of HewEngaud could go to Dolys Chop
House, Sampsons in London, and eat juicy South
down mutton chops for in that case think these poor
lands would be put sheep -rasing sooner than any
amount of writing or talking will brig it about.
Tie Cotswold yealiDg lamb shears SIX to ten inches
leneth of wool and after that six to nine nches Their
ssns those commonly used for door mate and their
wool made into blankets aud sucEk coarse goods.
When attened very much the fat lies the outside OF
| tie lean neat, but the Southdown mutton is nicely
"msIbled." The Cotswold and other long wooded
families furnish the mutton for Golfers and others Of
the low ella res in England This breed ia not marked
with black is the Souhdown, their faces legs, aud
| wool sl being white. Mr.. Allen says that If he had
a rocky New England farm he would breed moth
| ing bnt Southdowns, and that thus he would
| make twice ms much money from cattle breeding.
Tie Southdown is ractable and gentle not to
quiTe high ferces about the pastures The dog ques
| ton was argued with much feeling by the lecturer,
and his advice to shoot every strange found
on sheep farm, elected much applause. The fact OF
tire matter IL, that either dog breeding sheepbreed
ing must in this country, and the German
sage does not destined 10 become popular "a il
| lie abroad, think should keep the Southdown in
preference. Dean Swift's remark that "every poor
man keeps dog, and every id poor man NO." Is AZ
peculiarly applicable TO rural districts 1t was "a
| his own country.
Mr.. Aliens lecture concluded with brief notice OF
the eedng breeds Of swine but he did not enter into
particulars of breeding, he supposed them familiar
| 10 almost every one. From the last number Of The
Aerculturs he read statistics Of the hog trade o.
The West. At Cincinnati there were packed in 1898
80 S6 hogsi at HoIesve, 2Ss, 500; Chicago, II? 900
ST.. Louis, 81 500; Keokuk, Iowa, So 600; Madison
| an enormous aggregate. The hog crop of the whole
country he estimated as worth $30000,OO0
Mr.. Sanford Howard, Of Tho Bosto. Culticafor
gave lecture on horses, ut o'clock lie referred u
the great diversity Of appearance between the heavy
Flemish or English drsy horse, which will weign
tun and the little mites Of ponies that scamper owe
tho hila of Shetland The heavy horse will always "