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Georgia—Richmond: Hungarian grass was above average 10 per cent., 
and fully 50 per cent. above last year’s crop. 
Mississippi—Jackson: The Hungarian grass succeeded well, and is 
looked upon by our stock-men as a godsend to the South. Its true 
value is as yet understood but by few. 
DESTRUCTIVE FLOODS.—Arkansas—Arkansas : The late floods have 
been especially severe on the bottoms, destroying thousands of acres of 
corn and cotton, both of which promised extra crops. Twelve inches of 
rain fell (July 13) in one day. Floods destroyed 25 per cent. of corn- 
erop and 35 to 40 per cent. of cotton-crop. 
Montgomery, Tennessee : Floods very destructive ; damage probably equal 
to that of the memorable freshet of 1837. 
Morgan, Ohio: Rain-fall during July, 7.8 inches. 
HARVEST WAGES.—Howard, Iowa: From $2.50 to $3 per day, with 
board, is demanded by harvest-hands. 
HARD TIMES.—Alabama, Franklin ; The oldest business men in the 
country say they bave passed through all kinds of reverses and hard 
times, from 1837 down; but that they have never known anything to 
equal the present in the utter prostration of all business. There is 
absolutely nothing doing, and no money. De Kalb; Times are harder 
than ever before ; “trade “ot all kinds is dull, and a general gloom per- 
vades this whole ‘section. 
BEES IN TExAsS.—The Italian honey-bees, introduced last year, are 
doing remarkably well. 
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TAR ON FRUIT-TREES.—North Carolina, Montgomery: According to 
the experience of Mr. Henry Reynolds of this county, tar is a perfect 
remedy for scarred and sun-cracked apple-trees. He says that by coat- 
ing with new tar the trunk of a favorite fruit-bearer that was cracked 
and so decayed that the bark was dead and would peel off, he bas 
restored it fully. He applies it to all the branches that show signs of 
decay. Since practicing this cheap remédy, he has not been troubled 
with insects. By applying tar to the trunk, and clearing away the 
surface at the roots so as to let it run down on them, peach-trees badly 
damaged by borers are fully restored. Replace the dirt, and you will 
have no more trouble with the tree for two years or more. If the tar is 
applied to young trees, the borers wiil not trouble them at all. He 
states that the coating should be applied in the winter, or early i in the 
spring, with new tar. 
MICROSCOPIC OBSERVATIONS. 
By Tuomas TayLor, MICROSCOPIST. 
CRANBERRY-ROT.—In the Third Annual Report of the New Jersey 
State Board of Agriculture for 1875, page 66, the following statement 
appears : 
Thus far the efforts of the New Jersey Cranberry Association to discover a remedy 
for the rot have been unsuccessful. Liming bas not appeared to be in any degree 
effective. Bothin regard to the malady, and in the cure or preventives suggested 
there is a very wide range of opinion, based upon observation of localities having very 
great differences of conditions. 
It is true, doubtless, that the Cranberry Association has failed to 
