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6. And he it enacted, That all acts or parts of acts iuconsistent with this act be, aud 

 the same are hereby repealed. 



7. And he it enacted, That it shall be lawful for any person or persons to kill and bury 

 any dog or bitch found running at large without a collar, or known to be unregisterect, 

 for which service he or they shall receive the sum of fifty cents per head, to be paid by 

 the collector of the town, township, or ward where said dog or bitch Avas killed, upon 

 presentation of a proper alSdavit to that effect. 



8. And he it enacted, That this act shall take eii'ect immediately. 



EXTEACTs feo:m coerespondei^j^ce. 



FRUITS A]N'D THE CEREALS IN JONNESOTA. 



New Ulm, Broicn County, Minnesota. — In consequence of the high 

 elevation of this part of the country above the level of the sea, we shall 

 probably never cultivate here the more delicate kinds of fruit. Some 

 trials, however, have been made, and they tend to show that, with a 

 careful selection of the situation, we may succeed in raising fruit that 

 had been pronounced a perfect failure in former years. Some very line 

 Concord, Delaware, and Isabella grapes have been raised in the gardens. 



Experiments made by several farmers and by inhabitants of this 

 town seem to show — 



1. That it is useless t<5 plant fruit trees on the high prairies, unless 

 protected by timber. 



2. That it is not so much the cold itself, but the wind, that will kill 

 the trees. 



3. That for this reason our ravines should be preferred, if orchards 

 are to be planted. 



4. That imported trees suffer in proportion to the distance south- 

 ward of the nurseries from which they came. 



5. That the safest method is to have nurseries here, to get the shoots 

 from other regions and ingraft them as near the root as possible. 



6. That from the presence of the wild plum and the wild cherry it is 

 believed that stone truit may be raised here with less difficulty than core 

 fruit. 



7. That our wild i)lums may, by the transplanting of wild trees, be 

 cultivated, and that they will attain a size three or four times larger 

 than in their wild state. 



From the abundance of wild grapes it may be inferred that wine cul- 

 ture will yet become a branch of industry with us; and the strong wine 

 made from our vrild graj)es indicates that, with proi^er attention, some 

 new and valuable varieties for northern latitudes may be produced here. 



For berries of all kmds this region seems to be admirably suited. 

 Strawberries of excellent flavor, red raspberries far superior to the black 

 variety, black currants and gooseberries grow wild here, and the culti- 

 vated varieties in the gardens yield handsomely. 



The chief article of export with us is wheat, and this will probably 

 always be the case. The last harvest was a bountiful one, about twenty- 

 five bushels per acre, on an average ; but the low i^rice of fifty cents a 

 bushel does not compensate the farmer for his labor, and many are talk- 

 ing of cultivating something that will pay better. If this should be 

 the result of the present embarrassment of our farmers, it would in the 

 end be a real blessing ; for during the last two years the raising of 

 wheat has been carried on to an extent almost excluding other articles. 



The price of meat conclusively shoAvs the truth of this statement. 



