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will be economical to the western farmer. A mould board may 

 as well wear through and be thrown away as to wear down so as 

 to lose the correct line of figure. 



Prof. Mapes made a statement of the peculiar hardness of the 

 Franklinite steel. Another peculiarity is its want of liability to 

 oxydation, 



Mr. Carpenter. — What is the increased expense ? 



Mr. Selleck. — It costs about one cent per pound more than 

 ordinary iron. It costs six cents per pound in plates ready for 

 use. 



Dr. Trimble inquired if the chilled cast steel could be furnished 

 for that price ? 



Mr. Collins stated that it would cost several cents per pound 

 more. It remained to be proved that the Franklinite would 

 answer the purpose. 



MISCELLANEOUS. 



Mr. Hite exhibited a specimen of evergreen honeysuckle, the 

 Sempervirens, and also of the Chinese honeysuckle. 



Mr. Carpenter exhibited a new variety of wheat from Califor- 

 nia, very productive. A field of one hundred acres produced 5000 

 bushels. 



INSTITUTE OF REWARD. 



Dr .David P. Holton presented sundry documents explaining a 

 system for providing for the orphans of soldiers slain in the pre- 

 sent war. A portion of the plan provides for the establishment 

 of agricultural schools in the difierent sections of the country, 

 which shall determine various disputed questions in the practice 

 of agriculture and horticulture. 



PRUNING GRAFTING WAX. 



Mr. Hite. — I have something to say to the members of the 

 Farmers' Club to-day ; and as it is the custom here to say as 

 much as possible in a few words, I will proceed by proposing 

 some information which I think will be of service to some one, 

 inasmuch as the time is near at hand to practice pruning and 

 grafting. It is my habit, generally, not to venture an oi^inion 

 relating to horticulture, other than one founded upon my own 

 practical experience. 



