The Lancaster Farmer . eration. I believe the college invites thoseinterested in agricultural education to visit it andsee for themselves; and come to the same conclu-sion as many delegates have come to, viz.: thatsuch a report was written because the axe was notground as they wished it to be. The college was never in a more prosperouscondition. There are 110 students in actual at-tendance at Ihe college at this time, about 18 ofwhom are females. I am told a full report of theexperiments of the last four years, made upon theexperimental farms, is being made out, and thatthe financial status of
The Lancaster Farmer . eration. I believe the college invites thoseinterested in agricultural education to visit it andsee for themselves; and come to the same conclu-sion as many delegates have come to, viz.: thatsuch a report was written because the axe was notground as they wished it to be. The college was never in a more prosperouscondition. There are 110 students in actual at-tendance at Ihe college at this time, about 18 ofwhom are females. I am told a full report of theexperiments of the last four years, made upon theexperimental farms, is being made out, and thatthe financial status of the college will be present-ed to the Legislature at the proper time. In conclusion, I would say that the foregoingstatements are made from my knowledge of thecollege and from having been present all the timethat the Berks county delegates were at the you will insert this, I remain Yours, very respectfully, B. W. Thomas. I^Subscribe for the Lancaster Farmer. $ year. Jf THE LAJYCASTER FARMER,. SHORT-HORN COWS. SHORT-HOEN COWS. ALL the animals of the ox kind belong to theorder Rtjminantia—animals chewing thecud—and the family BovidjE, in the great classMammalia—that is, animals having teats, ormammce. In this family there are usually estima-ed to be eight distinct and original species—thedifferent domestic breeds being merely Bos urus, is the ancient Bison. 2. Bos lison,the American buffalo. 3. Bos moschatus, themusk ox. 4. Bos frontalis, the gayal. 5. Bosgrunnicus, the grunting ox. 6. Bos caffer, theSouth-african buffalo. 7. Bo-i huhtdus, the com-mon buffalo, and 8. Bos tawus, the commondomestic species. All the different varieties—good, bad or indifferent—long-horns, short-hornsor middlings—^are said to have been produced byculture and crossing, from the original Bos tauriis;and from Scripture records we have ample testi-mony that oxen were owned by the patriarchs ata very early date, and are supposed to be the samespecies
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