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in the next year, if tobacco is continued, twenty cords the 

 amount in either case much greater than Mr. Cole has used in the 

 three years. I visited his place July 7th, and saw most wonderful 

 growth of plants and fruits, particularly strawberries, while along- 

 side the lands he has treated every kind of plant growth was 

 stunted. He has certainly proved great possibilities in production 

 on lands that at the beginning were very poor. 



MR, COLE. I wish to call again on Senator Selkreg, who has ex- 

 amined my grounds lately. I want to ask him if he saw any 

 appearance of rot in tomatoes anywhere except on the few plants 

 bordering the asparagus bed where chip manure is used. 



SENATOR SELKREG. Not the slightest. That is a matter that I 

 observed particularly before any remarks were made about it. I 

 saw fruit rotted in that place, and searched carefully to see how 

 far the trouble prevailed. But there was no rot whatever any- 

 where except in that one place, where I was informed chip manure 

 had been used, and rot was traceable to that cause." 



We are convinced that well rotted barnyard manure, muck, 

 where obtainable, or ordinary loam, or soil of bottom lands ; soils 

 of the prairies of the West, of the swamps and morasses of the East 

 and the South, when mixed with forest leaves and composted with 

 lime, salt and ashes in equal proportions, will prove, as top dress- 

 ing* worth vastly more than the best of phosphates ; and that what 

 has been denominated green manuring, the plowing in of clover, 

 buckwheat, rye-grass, etc. is of far greater value than the expens- 

 ive fertilizers of which ordinary use is made. 



We think it of value to our readers to give in this, the concluding 

 chapter of our book, the following account of the proceedings at a 

 late meeting of The American Pomological Society. The subjects 

 discussed are of vital value to horticulturists and the information 

 given upon them cannot be found elsewhere. The report was made 



