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plied with this luscious fruit, in its most fair, ripe 

 and perfect condition — I mean Concords, at 8 cents 

 per lb., wholesale 6^. Our people are eating them, 

 and stewing them for sauce, making pies, and 

 canning them for winter and spring use, making 

 preserves and jelly. 



— The Newark, (N. J.,) Advertiser says that a 

 low estimate of the cranbeny crop, this season in 

 and around Manchester and Tom's River will not 

 come short of 15,OJ0 bushels, worth at a fair valu- 

 ation $100,000. In two years the present area 

 ah-cady planted will yield at a moderate estimate 

 45,0U0 bushels. 



— Mr. G. Sillar, of London, has discovered a 

 process which will make the sewerage of towns 

 invaluable as manure. His purifier consists of 

 blood, clay and other ingredients. In an experi- 

 ment at Tottenham, England, he purified 36,000 

 gallons of sewerage in twenty minutes, and the 

 solid residuum was found to be worth twice the 

 amount of money expended in the process. 



— The report of the committee on swine at the 

 Hubbardston, Mass., town cattle show was as 

 follows : — 



'No swine to-day, not even one. 



We know not what It means ; 

 We hope tbat those who slight these shows 



Will g. t DO pork and beai s I 

 No BWine to-day, oh what a pity — 

 And five old men on the committee." 



— The shipment of cheese from St. Albans for 

 the month of September was 1443 boxes ; of spring 

 water, 2015 boxes, and of butter 4005 firkins. The 

 total weight of the butter was 236,290 lbs. The 

 average price was forty-one cents, which shows 

 the receipts of the farmers of that section, from 

 this one product alone, to amount in a single 

 month to $96,778 90. 



— The old story, that was shown to be a mere 

 fiction years ago, about one A. M. De Sara, near 

 Pans, making an annual income of $175,000 clear 

 of expenses, by keeping hens on dead horses, has 

 been rc-vamped by the California Farmer, and 

 "takes well" with a portion, at least, of the agri- 

 cultural press. 



— Boys, did you ever think that a potato's skin 

 was designed to protect the mealy part from the 

 action of the fctmosphere, much as your own skin 

 protects the more sensitive parts from the air, and 

 that you ought to be about as careful not to break 

 the skin of a potato as you are not to bark your 

 own knuckles, or to bruise your choice winter 

 apples ? But who cares for a potato skin ? And so 

 they are knocked, and bruised, and barked, and 

 people wonder they don't come out mealy and 

 sound. 



— An Illinois correspondent of the Country Gen- 

 tleman, says that in that section a new style of 

 rearing Osage Orange plants for hedges has been 

 recently adopted. It is to plant the quicks from 

 sixteen to eighteen inches apart, allow them to 

 ^row until the third year, and then plash them ; 

 that is, cut the plants a little more than half ofiF, 



close to the ground, and then lay them flat in the 

 line of the hedge. The shoots that then break 

 from every bud, and grow upright, making a fence 

 that will turn a rabbit or a cat. 



— A writer In the Coxmtry Gentleman believes 

 that when whole tubers are planted, the stalks or 

 vines of potatoes grow too succulent and rank, 

 and says he succeeds best in growing healthy po- 

 tatoes by sprouting them in a heap, and then re- 

 moving and planting the sprouts and the fibrous 

 roots adhering to them. 



For the New England Farmer. 

 THE GARDEN TOR NOVEMBER. 



This month will close the income from the 

 garden for this season ; yet there comes a some- 

 what busy time, not only in finishing all oiy har- " 

 vesting, but also in preparing for spring work, 

 and looking to the proper protection of the 

 various crops and plants that are to be kept 

 through the winter, either for consumption or 

 spring culture. ' 



After having gathered the crops it is well 

 to review the labors of the season, and see 

 wherein we have worked at a profit, and where 

 at a loss, and to plan for future improvement. 

 And here I would suggest that if a memoran- 

 dum of all the operations in the garden was 

 kept, it would afford great interest and satis- 

 faction as a matter of reference. By it we 

 could ascertain the date of planting any par- 

 ticular crop, the time it came up, how fertil- 

 ized, when it ripened, and in short the whole 

 history of its culture and produce. Such a 

 record will not only be an assistance to your- 

 self, but to your children who follow you. 

 With a plan of the garden on paper, and each 

 plat numbered, a much more definite record 

 can be made, and easier referred to. But it 

 may be objected, that this takes time and 

 labor. Very true, but how are you going to 

 find out the proper time and manner of culti- 

 vating the various crops if no one keeps a 

 record, or rememljers better than most people 

 do? And does it not also require time and 

 labor to hunt up the information when needed ? 



IMuch may be done towards interesting the 

 children, and inculcating a love of rural pur- 

 suits, as well as encouraging them to form 

 habits of industry, by allowing them a small 

 patch for a garden of their own. Now is a 

 good time to set off a plat for their exclusive 

 use and occupancy. Do not locate it in some 

 out of the way corner, but give them a pleas- 

 ant, good plat, and then instruct and assist 

 them, if necessary, in preparing it. The 

 thought that they have something of their 

 own, and that you take an interest in their 

 pursuits, will encourage them, and once inter- 

 ested when young, they are much more likely 

 to be contente<l on the farm, and to form 

 habits of industry and economy, than when 

 nothing of the kind Is allowed. If they desire 

 to plant a few flowers, encourage them in that, 



