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Tur CUMBERLAND TABLE LANDs oF TENNESSEE.—The agricultural abund- 
ance of this region is indicated by the prevailing prices of farm produce. At Tulla- 
homa, midway between Nashville and Chattanooga, on the railroad, wheat was 
sold last fall for $1 50, when it was selling in the interior of Minnesota, where 
little else but wheat is grown, for $1 60 per bushel. At the same time corn 
was 50 to 60 cents, potatoes 50 cents per bushel, butter 20 cents per pound, 
egos 15 cents per dozen, beef 6 to 8 cents per pound at retail, and cows $18 to 
$40 each. It is reported that the ground was covered with snow but eight 
days last winter, and that at no time did the snow remain on the ground more 
than 48 hours, the frost penetrating not more than two or three inches. Farm- 
ers can labor out of doors nearly all winter, and ploughing is interrupted only 
asmall portion of the time. Coal, iron and timber abound, with limestone, 
sandstone and hydraulic lime ; most of the land is comparatively level and mod- 
erately fertile; the grasses flourish; all ordinary farm crops are grown, and 
fruits, particularly peaches, are a sure crop. Good farms in this county can be 
bought at $5 to $10 per acre, Wild lands can be had as low as one dollar per 
acre. 
ANTS ATTHE Roots oF Fruit Trees.—Rev. W. P. Smith, M. D., of Fayette- 
ville, Texas, communicates the following successful mode of dealing with ants at 
the roots of fruit trees, which are very troublesome and destructive, particularly 
in warm climates : 
I was raising some tobacco, and operated with the green leaves in the following manner : 
I removed the earth from around the trees or vines as much as I couid without injuring the 
roots; then I put a handful of the tobacco leaves around the tree, or vine, where the ants 
worked, covered them nicely with the earth, pressed it well. In a few cases I had to repeat 
the dose, but I have tried it often, with uniform success in driving the ants and saving the 
tree or vine. 
GRASSHOPPERS.—A letter to Hon. W. H. Hooper, delegate from Utah, gives 
the following statement concerning the grasshopper pest in the vicinity of Salt 
Lake City : 
TI have found a great number of ‘‘ hoppers ” in my lot. and a specimen of dirt from the 
southeast corner of this city demonstrated the presence of large numbers, averaging from 200 
to 250 to the square inch, all alive and hearty. On the northeast bench (facing south) 
there are hundreds hopping around already. 
William Fuller, secretary of the Salt Lake Farmer’s club, writes under date 
of April 30: 
‘* Hoppers ”’ are hatching out very freely and very fast. I have seen in many parts of this 
city the ground and shrubbery covered with minute objects. The cold weather does not seem 
to effect them, or if it does, their places are quickly fiiled. 
