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accurate knowledge of their habits, he managed 'Philadelphia markets. Very few come in for 

 to extirpate them before the occurrence of further sale after the Smock. Why would not there be 

 mischief. Moles, however, are said to be excel- profitable sale for such superior late sorts as those 

 lent di-ainers of land, and Mr. Hogg, the Ettrick Mr. Blodget sends us? 



shepherd, used to declare that if a hundred men j ^ -j^^j^^ Source of Profit.— The country 

 and horses were employed to dress a pasture i ^^^j^^^ ^y^^^^ ^;^^,^^ ^^ ^^.^i^^g j^^^^, j^^^^l-^ fj.^^^ j-j^g 

 farm of 1500 or 2000 acres they would not do it | Eucalyptus will stand, the Baltimore Gazette 

 as effectually as moles would do if left to them- ^^^^g attention to the fact "that a very fine arti- 



selves." 



Green Manure. — Sowing the Cow-pea, and 

 plougliing the vines under as green manure, is 

 very common 



in the South. The Southern Un- 



cle of Sweitzer cheese can be made from the 

 milk of the Cocoanut. The Cocoanut could be 

 very profitably cultivated in the Banana zone, 

 along the I^ortheru Pacific railway. Gen. Dook 



toyrise notices a patch of forty-one acres ready , has it in his power, too, to simplify the labor 



for turning down, on the farm of Mr. Peters, near 

 Calhoun, in Georgia, which was sown in June 

 14th, putting two bushels to' the acre. On the 

 12th of September three feet of the vines were 

 flat on the ground making a mass of vegetable 

 matter as high as one's hips, and from the hips to 

 the waist the tops were erect. Three-horse 

 ploughs are used to turn them down. 



Georgia Pears. — Pear growing seems a suc- 

 cess in Georgia. The Enteiyrise says that Mr. 

 W. W. Woodruff, of Spalding, ships them in large 

 quantities profitably to Northern markets. Seckel, 

 Bartlett and Duchess, are the kind named, and the 

 Mount Vernon is referred to as promising well. 



Late Peaches. — With some large and re- 

 markably delicious Peaches on the 7th of Octo- 

 ber, we had the following note from Mr. Lorin 

 Blodgett, of Philadelphia. It is remarkable that 

 the Peach is not oftener employed as a fruit tree 

 in city yards. At any rate, such remarkable 

 success as Mr. Blodgett's, should incite some to 

 try what they can do : 



"The eighth full crop of seedling Peaches has 

 this season about sixty bushels, — grown on 25 by 

 100 feet — never less than 30 bushels, and the best 

 trees always full. * 



"Two groups were planted in 1866, the trees 

 began bearing in 1870, and now I have had eight 

 crops (see Gardener's Monthly, November, 

 1871) lasting from August 16th, to October 15th, 

 each year; always abundant, and the latest ones 

 excellent in every respect. No. 31 is a seedling 

 from No. 3, both very large, often eight ounces in 

 w^eight ; soft, almost to melting, and very rich in 

 flesh. They have furnished a full supply for 

 putting up, with scarcely any sugar, and for 

 family use for two full months." 



October Peaches. — At this writing, October 

 8th, the Peach has almost disappeared from the 



question by introducing the Bread-fruit tree in 

 this country. It is believed that by crossing the 

 Bread-fruit tree with some active variet}^ of 

 Spring Wheat, a species of vegetation could be 

 produced from which the agile Greenbacker 

 could pick his hot rolls in the morning without a 

 particle of labor. By grafting the Bread-fruit 

 tree on om- common Butternut tree, it is thought 

 that the splendid buttered waffles, so much in 

 vogue with the bondholders and lickspittle capi- 

 talists, could be produced in profusion and at lit- 

 tle or no cost." 



Olive Oil. — TMs is said by a correspondent 

 to be a very successful product of Santa Barbara, 

 California. 



California Raisins. — The Eaisin industry 

 of California is now on a well established basis, 

 and competition with the European product i& 

 now the order of the day. 



Texan Early Peaches. — Texas is now 

 entering the lists with her early Peaches. Three 

 kinds. Dr. Brice, Ashley and Baker's Early, are 

 named as competitors with Amsden and Alex- 

 ander. 



Wilder Peach. — This has fruited in Texas, 

 and is found to be a few days earlier than Alex- 

 ander. Mr. Munson finds it a " very beautiful 

 fruit" there. 



Japanese Mushrooms. — One of the industries 

 of Japan is the cultivation of Mushrooms, which 

 are exported in large quantities from that coun- 

 try, and some interesting information respecting 

 them is given by Consul Robertson in his re- 

 port on the trade of Kanagawa, lately issued. 

 The best of the edible species of Mushrooms are 

 known as "Matsutake " and "Shii-take." The 

 ditficulties attendant on preserving the former 

 kind almost exclude them from the market for 

 export ; for not only do they decompose very 



