B. H., Jerseyville, 111. — You inquire 

 for the best subsoil plow. We have so 

 far used the subsoil stirrer, manufac- 

 tured by Deere & Co., Moline, Illinois. 

 "We lately saw a subsoil stirrer at 

 Peoria, manufactured by Plant & Co., 

 which seems to us to have advantages 

 over Deere's, however. Both are good 

 implements, and their depth can be 

 regulated by a small wheel, running in 

 front of the share in the furrow under 

 the beam. Your inquiries about wire 

 you will find answered in this number, 

 in the table of Saylor & Co. AVe gen- 

 erally use Xo. 12. 



Barnesvillk, Clinton county, JNIo., \ 

 JMavchllJ, 180'J. S 



Mr. George Hussiann : I write to 

 request you to send me a plant of 

 the Martha grape, a No. 1 plant, put 

 up so that it will reach me in good 

 order. My reason for being so partic- 

 ular is, that I want to give it a fair 

 trial by the side of a white Concord 

 seedling of my own raising, to see 

 which is the better grape. 



I also have a white Clinton seedling 

 which is of ver}^ fine quality. 



I also have a seedling that has 

 brought its second crop, and I think I 

 would be safe in saying that it is as 

 vigorous, hardy, productive and health}', 

 and of as good quality, as Concord, and 

 earlier than the Hartford Prolific, as it 

 was ripe and gone before Hartford was 

 fit to eat. It bore two bunches the third 

 summer from planting the seed, and last 

 year, the fourth, it bore twenty good 

 bunches, besides making a strong 

 growth of new wood. 



Yours truly, 0. P. Mouan. 



Our friend's experiments with new 

 seedlings are certainly interesting. We 



would like to hear further of his seed" 

 lings, and if he will send us a few eyes 

 of the wood of each, would like to try 

 them, under a pledge of giving our ex- 

 perience with them, but not letting 

 them out to any body or selling them. 

 If they are really of value, such a test 

 could only be desirable. Will he not 

 tell us how he obtained them ; whether 

 they are accidental seedlings, hybrids^ 

 or crosses ? Will others who have new 

 seedlings, for which they claim merit, 

 do the same? We shall be glad to 

 hear from them, and give their seed- 

 Iino;s a trial. Editor. 



Lee's Suslmit, Jackson Co., Mo., i| 

 March 15, J8B9. S 



What insect eggs are those so numer- 

 ous on my grape vines, found in trim- 

 ming them recentlj' ? 



Wish to learn all I can about raising- 

 grapes, but never expect to make wine. 

 Yours, J. L. Rice. 



P. S. — The white grub injured my 

 vines very much last season. Is there 

 a remedy? J. L. R. 



Katydids' Eggs. — Mr. 

 Riley informs us that the 

 eggs you send, which are 

 represented herewith as 

 those of the oblong winged 

 Katydid {Fhylloptera ob- 

 longifolia, DeGeer) ; and 

 L|l| that, though this insect 

 111 has not hitherto proved 

 itself injurious, he advises 

 the destruction of the eggs^ 

 as they are unusually abun- 

 dant the present year. 



