404 Missouri State Horticultural Society. 



PLUMS. 



JVcwie Rejected. Name Adopted. 



Boddgert's Greeu Gage Boddtert. 



Denniston's Superb Denniston. 



Oullin's Golden Gage Oullin's Golden. 



Transparent Gage Transparent, 



QUINCES. 



Eea's Seedling Rea. 



KASPBERRIES. 



Belle de Pallnau i . Palluau. 



Belie de Fontenay . Fontenay. 



Knevett's Giant Knevett, 



Merveille de Quatre Saisons Four Seasons Red. 



STPvAWBERIES. 



Cumberland Triumph Cumberland. 



Hovey's Seedling Hovey. 



Miner's Great Prolific . . Miner's Prolific. 



Monarch of the West Monarch. 



Neuman's Prolific Neuman. 



Pi-esident Wilder Wilder. 



Wilson's Albany Wilson. 



THE DRAG. 



Wherever introduced the drag is taking the place of the roller. 

 In almost every way it does better work. If the ground is uneven 

 the roller will not smooth it ; the drag will. If the clods are hard 

 and dry, and the rest of the ground loose, the roller will often 

 simply push them down without crushing them ; the drag grinds 

 them fine. If the lumps are wet, the roller will be likely to press 

 them into a solid mass, and while the drag will often tear them to 

 pieces, leaves them loose to be dried by the sun and air. The best 

 form of drag is made of oak plank two inches thick, and about a 

 foot or fourteen inches -wide. If for four horses, the planks can be 

 about twenty feet long ; if for only two horses, ten or twelve feet 

 long. These are bolted firmly together, overlapping about two 

 inches. About two feet from each end of the front plank, a strap 

 clevis is fixed to receive the double-trees, and a team is hitched to 

 each, the driver standing on the drag behind. If the driver's 

 weight is not enough, stones or logs may be added. For a two- 

 horse drag, a hole is bored in the front plank about two feet on 

 each side of its center, and a chain is then passed through tliese 

 lioles, connected with a clevis in front, to which the double-tree is 

 attached. — American Agriculturist. 



