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Mr. Ambrose Freeman, of St Cloud, informs us that four years ago, he bought S sheep and gave them to Mr. Spaulding, of Maine Prairie, to keep on shares. Last year 10 sheep yielded 68 pounds of wool, , and 14 Jamba. This year, they sheared, 24 sheep and got 135 pounds of wool and had 16 lambs. The half of this was Mr. Freeman's then, and of it he reserved 22 pounds for family use, and sold the re maining 453 pounds to Mr. Tobey at 40 cents per pound, realizing $18,20. The entire yield at 40 ota per pound would be 54,00 in wool, or 82,25 a head beside the lambs; one sheep yielded 74 pounds; 4 lambs were killed for mutton, one cross ram killed by an ox and one by dogs, and the flock is 60 now. Mr. Spaul ding just permits them to rau, winter and summer, with his cattle and hogs, and say they live pretty much on refuse. This is the true policy, as we have al ready urged, for horned cattle protect sheep from dogs and wolves, and hogs serve often to drive away sheep dogs, which are always cowardly ours, and dread any noise when in pursuit of unlaw ful game. Mr. Freeman also informs us that lash winter he and Elder Sterrett took a bee tree just below St. Cloud, from which they saved 130 pounds of honey beside laying, as he supposes, large painfull that they could not catch as it ran in large a streams to the ground. From a second tree he got 50 pounds. A third, he mow ed off and brought home, bees and all, in tending to keep them ; but the allow blew in at hole in the top and the bees per ished, leaving 20 pounds of honey. He has, however, several hives, rained from, one he had formerly brought home ; and they increase rapidly and are doing well; but require a double hive, i.e. = large outside box, made 80 as to inclose » dead air-chamber allf around the inside box —* ‘As the dairy qualities of Minnesota are acknowledged to be unsurpassed, this in dicates it is to be a land “flowing with milk and honey.” ——— “Warner’s Pride” in the title of a new story commenced in the last number of the Philadelphia Saturday Evening Post.— It is written by Mrs. Wood, the celebra ted English authoress, and was #0 much desired that five New York publishers ‘compared with the Post for the right to publish it, but it was deemed by the lat ter. The Post is undoubtedly the best Family paper published in the United , States, and Mrs. Wood's stories alone, are worth the price of subscription. Address Deacon Peterson, Philadel phia, Pa. We are indebted to Joseph Howard for a prime tongue. The way insinuated that as we were deficient in talking apparatus 80 that we couldn't ask for eggs and volun teered to send use tongue, a beefs tongue smoked and cured in auch atyle as nobody but Howard could cure it, and we are wait ing until the Soldiery’ Aid Society or sew ing circle brings the ladies here to judge of ite flavor and vote as to whether How ard’s tongues are not the longest in town. — The Soldiers’ Aid Society met at Mr. Jones’ last week, and will meet at our house next Tuesday afternoon, when all, , friend, stranger and foe are invited, ee = —In response to the request of the Governors of eighteen of the loyal States to that effect, the President ban called for 800,000 more Volunteers.
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Saint Cloud Democrat
Saint Cloud, Minnesota, US
Thu, Jul 10, 1862
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