Below are given soil and climate best adapted for the various breeds, rate of development, quality of flesh, etc., etc. The numbers in first column of preceding table refer to further description and characteristics of same breeds in paragraphs following: 1. Grass soil, mild climate, fears fog, develops rapidly and fattens easily, does not set, flesh exquisite white and delicate. 2. Calcareous soil, any climate, very rapid development, incubation nil, flesh delicate. 3 Grass, hardy in all climates, fattens quickly, good sitters, does not steal nest, flesh exquisite. 4. Any climate, fattens quickly, incubation nil, flesh very good. 5. Mild climate, dry soil, development slow, incubation good, flesh delicate. 6. Mild climate, dry soil, development slow, fattens easily, incubation nil, flesh very delicate. 7. Dry soil, any climate, rapid development, incubate rarely, delicate flesh. 8. Grass soil, any climate, pretty rapid development, incubate rarely, flesh good. 9. Dry soil, hardy in all climates, development middling, incubation good but late, good flesh. 10. Dry soil and warm climate, development middling, incubation nil, flesh del icate. 11. Hardy, dry soil, any climate, development slow, incubation excellent, good mothers, flesh fair. 12. Hardy race, any climate, require much space, development middling, incubation nil, flesh good. 13. Hardy in any climate, develop very slowly, incubation excellent, good mothers but heavy, flesh stringy. 14. Hardy in any climate, development rapid, incubation capital, good mothers, flesh excellent. 15. Very hardy race in any climate, development rapid, incubation nil, flesh deli cate. 16. Hardy in any climate, development middling, incubation very good, excellent mothers, flesh good. 17. Grass soil and mild climate, develop very rapidly, incubate well, very good mothers, flesh very delicate and juicy. 18. Delicate race, sandy soil and warm climate, develop slowly, long time feathering, incubation rare, flesh delicate. 19. Any soil or climate, development middling, incubation very rare, flesh deli cate. 20. Delicate breed, require grass soil, development middling, incubation nil, flesh pretty good. 21. Very hardy in any climate, develop rapidly, incubation good, most excellent mothers, flesh excellent. 22. Very hardy in any climate, develop rapidly, incubate very rarely, flesh indifferent. 23. Delicate race, fear damp, development not very rapid, incubation rare, flesh delicate. 24. Delicate race, grass soil, development middling, incubation nil, flesh good. 25. Very delicate breed, dry soil, development middling, incubation pretty good. 26. Delicate, dry soil, development middling, incubation good-must not be disturbed. 27. Sandy soil, development middling, incubation indifferent, flesh good. 28. Very hardy race in any climate, develop rapidly, excellent incubation, flesh very bad. THE "POOR MAN'S REGION," in the Pine Barrens of the Southern States, is a belt of country more than seventeen hundred miles long and often one hundred and seventy miles broad, stretching from Richmond, Va., along the Atlantic and Gulf coasts, to beyond the western line of Louisiana. The soil is sandy and the principal tree is the long-leaf pine. These forests, while affording a valuable article of lumber, also yield pitch, tar and turpentine. THE first proposer of secession in the United States Congress was Josiah Quincy, of Massachusetts, in 1811, who said that, if Louisiana were admitted into the Union, "it will be the right of all and the duty of some [of the States] definitely to prepare for a separation-amicably if they can, violently if they must." Mr. Poindexter, of Mississippi, called him to order as did the Speaker of the House; but on appeal the Speaker's decision was reversed, and Mr. Quincy sustained by a vote of fifty-three ayes to fifty-six noes, on the point of order. THE annual supply of eggs in the United States is estimated at over 500,000,ooo dozen, and, at the low price of sixteen cents per dozen, represents a value of over $80,000,000-double the value of the product of our silver mines. Fate of the Apostles. The following brief history of the fate of the Apostles may be new to those whose reading has not been evangelical : St. Matthew is supposed to have suffered martyrdom or was slain with the sword at the city of Ethiopia. St. Mark was dragged through the streets of Alexandria, in Egypt, till he expired. St. Luke was hanged upon an olive tree in Greece. St. John was put into a caldron of boiling oil at Rome and escaped death. He afterward died a natural death at Ephesus in Asia. St. James the Great was beheaded at Jerusalem. St. James the Less was thrown from a pinnacle or wing of the temple and then beaten to death with a fuller's club. St. Philip was hanged up against a pillar at Hieropolis, a city of Phrygia. St. Bartholomew was flayed alive by the command of a barbarous king. St. Andrew was bound to a cross, whence he preached unto the people till he expired. St. Thomas was run through the body with a lance at Caromandel, in the East Indies. St. Jude was shot to death with arrows. St. Simon Zealot was crucified in Persia. St. Matthias was first stoned and then beheaded. St. Barnabas was stoned to death by Jews at Salania. The safest way of determining the age of a horse is by the appearance of the teeth, which undergo certain changes in the course of years. Eight to fourteen days after birth, the first middle nippers of the set of milk teeth are cut (Fig. 1), four to six weeks afterwards the pair next to them (Fig. 2), and finally, after six or eight months, the last (Fig. 3). All th se milk teeth have a well defined body and neck, and a slender fang, and on their front surface grooves of furrows, which disappear from the middle nippers at the end of one year, from the next pair in two years, and from the incisive teeth (cutters) in three years. At the age of two the nippers become loose and fall out, in their places appear two permanent teeth, with deep, black cavities, and full, sharp edges (Fig. 4). At the age of three, the next pair (Fig. 5) fall out. At four years old, the corner teeth fall out (Fig. 6). At five years old, the horse has his permanent set of teeth. 8 5 3 9 7 10 The teeth grow in length as the horse advances in years, but at the same time his teeth are worn away by use about one-twelfth of an inch every year, so that the black cavities of the center nippers below disappear in the sixth year (Fig 7), those of the next pair in the seventh year (Fig. 8), and those of the corner teeth in the eighth year (Fig. 9). Also the outer corner teeth of upper and lower jaw just meet at eight years of age. At nine years old, cups leave the two center nippers above, and each of the two upper corner teeth has a little sharp protrusion at the extreme outer corner (Fig. 10). At the age of ten, the cups disappear from the adjoining teeth. At the age of eleven, the cups disappear from the corner teeth above, and are only indicated by brownish spots. The oval form becomes broader, and changes, from the twelfth to the sixteenth year, more and more into a triangular form, and the teeth lose, finally, with the twentieth year, all regularity. There is nothing remaining in the teeth that can afterwards clearly show the age of the horse, or justify the most experienced examiner in giving a positive opinion. The tushes, or canine teeth, conical in shape, with a sharp point, and curved, are cut between the third and fourth year, their points become more and more rounded until the ninth year, and after that, more and more dull in the course of years, and lose, finally, all regular shape. Mares have, frequently, no tusks, or only very faintly indicated. ones. teeth. Age of Sheep and Goats. At one year old they have eight front teeth of uniform size. At two years the two middle ones are supplanted by two large At three a small tooth appears on each side. At four there are six large At five all the front teeth are large, and at six all begin to get worn. Age of Cattle. A cow's horn is supposed to furnish a correct indication of the age of the animal, but this is not always true. For ordinary purposes, however, the following will be found approximately correct: At two years of age a circle of thicker matter begins to form on the animal's horns, which becomes clearly defined at three years of age, when another circle begins to form, and an additional circle every year thereafter. The cow's age then can be determined by adding two to the number of circles. The rings on a bull's horns do not show themselves until he is five years old-so in the case of a bull five must be added to the number of rings. Unless the rings are clear and distinct these rules will not apply. Besides, dishonest dealers sometimes file off some of the rings of old cattle. [344 |