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hoist that by a properly arranged apparatus, attached to a wagon, 

 carrying the tree to its phice and dropping it in a hole previously 

 prepared. 



Experiment in Gkoaving Apples. 

 Mr. Allen Wilson, Spencer, Owen co., Indiana, cut a graft from 

 a Siberian crab tree, six years old, which had never borne fruit, 

 and set it in a thrifty apple stock. The graft grew three feet ia 

 the summer of 1863, and was accidentally broken off about tea 

 inches above the junction. In 1864, it threw out several sprouts, 

 which were pegged down after the manner lately recommended 

 for peach trees. These brandies grew vigorously, and bloomed and 

 bore fruit in 1865, at the same time the original tree first bore fruit. 

 The query is : Did the treatment the graft received hasten the 

 time of fruiting ? If so, others can practice it. 



A New Implement for Corn Planters. 

 Mr. J. A. Burchard, Beloit, Wis., who says he is a practical 

 farmer, and has always found the hoe the safest implement Avith 

 which to put seeds in the ground, has invented a little machine 

 which is attached to the handle, out of which he can drop any 

 kind of seeds by merely touching a little spring to the ground 

 which projects just beyond the blade of the hoe. If it does not 

 add too much weight to the hoe, it will be a useful instrument. 



Information for Emigrants. 

 Mr. O. L. Abbott, Bethany, Harrison county. Mo., wishes to 

 call the attention of emigrants to that section : "H-rrison county 

 is geologicall}' situated in the upper part of the coal formation, 

 and geographically located in the northwestern part of free Mis- 

 souri." Surface is gently rolling ; no swamps ; climate mild and 

 healthy. Land well divided in timber and prairie; yields 40 to 

 60 bushels to the acre. All kinds of fruit, except peaches, do 

 well, and many kinds, such as plums and grapes, grow wild in 

 great abundance. Good farms, well fenced, with houses, stables, 

 young orchards, etc., are selling at from $8 to $12 per acre as fast 

 as disfranchised rebels can find loyal purchasers ; uncultivated 

 prairie, $3 to |5 per acre ; woodland, $10. The people are mostly 

 loyal, and verj' radical. We have a large school fund, and free 

 schools ; and no rum shops are licensed in the county. Persons 

 desiring further information can obtain it without charge by 



