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product also, to hogs, crushing a portion in a cider-mill — or by other 

 means — and pressing out the juice. After pressing, put the juice 

 over a slow fire, and boil about four-fifths away, as you would the 

 sap of the sugar maple. Use a little lime, or lime-water, to neutral- 

 ize the acid, or not, just as you find it preferable. Skim as you boil, 

 preserving the scum taken oiF to feed to the pigs. Deal with the 

 fodder as you would with that of corn. Your own minds will sug- 

 gest many experiment!, and as facts from various sources will enable 

 us to rectify errors, and more readily assist us to come to a correct 

 mode of cultivation, and ascertain the economy and practical utility 

 of this new crop, we desire all who have the opportunity, to be ex- 

 perimenters with us, and send us the result of their experiments in 

 writing. 



THE DWARF PEAR CONTROVERSY. 



As will be seen from the pages of our own, and other Agricultural 

 and Horticultural journals, there is great contrariety of opinion on 

 the subject of the cultivation of Dwarf Pears. Hence, we have 

 encouraged a free expression of the views of different cultivators. 



In this number will be found a very candid and fair exposition of 

 what may be said in their favor, in reply to an article in our last is- 

 sue. Also numerous important directions for their successful cul- 

 ture, soil best adapted, etc. 



We hope a few years' more experience will settle many of the 

 points in controversy. We recommend the careful perusal, of the 

 following, from the pen of one of our experienced nurserymen, as 

 also that of Mr. Buchanan, one of our most successful amateur 

 cultivators. 



DWARF PEARS. 



After hearing the remarks of ray friend, Mr. Stoms, delivered be- 

 fore the Cincinnati Horticultural Society, in October last, and read- 

 ing his article in the February number of The Cincinnatus, as well 

 as an article published in a previous number of the same publication, 

 on the Dwarf Pear, and hearing his denouncement of them as 

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