TO CORRESPONDENTS. 



To answer the many queries propounded to us in relation to sub- 

 soiling, draining, Stock feeding, etc. — all important subjects, will re- 

 quire time. And we would here simply say these subjects shall have 

 a due share of our attention. It is an easy matter in a random su- 

 perficial way to prate on these and other subjects, and to tell A.'s ex- 

 perience, and B.'s experience, but to bestow upon them such exam- 

 ination as the best light of science furnishes, such as is calculated * 

 rightly to direct, and not bewilder our readers, can not be done 

 hastily. 



Mr. T.'s, views in relation to Bees, and especially the office of the 

 Queen, are novel, but not sustained by scientific observers. We 

 shall in our future numbers have something to say upon bees, and 

 bee feeding, and bee breeding, having been deeply interested in this 

 little insect, and had considerable experience in its management. 



We would say to the readers of the Cincinnatus, we are deter- 

 mined to avoid giving publicity to crude and ill-founded theory, or 

 incorrect practice, or silly gossip, and confine ourselves to scientific 

 investigations, important facts, and well-established practice. And 

 to scout nothing, merely because it wears the garb of novelty, if 

 founded on rational principle. Ed. 



Bendersville, Adams Co. Pa., March 19th., 1857. 

 President F. G. Cary: — 



My Dear Sir : — Yesterday, at the close of the Terra-culture dis- 

 closure, at this place, your article in your Feb. No. of the Cincin- 

 natus, on '• Terra-culture a Humbug," was read with thrilling ef- 

 fect, pa]i)ably repeatedly producing that effect on the silent audience. 

 The Class appointed a committee of seven to draft a Constitution 

 to bo adopted by the Terra-cultural Society, April 4, at 2, P. M. — 

 62 of them. Every one of them appeared to be highly pleased with 

 the disclosure. They appeared resolved to have three or more dis- 

 closures in this counts for the benefit of their friends. 



Cordially Yours, 



Russell Comstock. 

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