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ce of fruit in Covent Garden, London, July 19th, 

 lows: Cherries, 25 cts. to 50 cts. per lb. ; goose- 

 cts. to 12 cts. per quart ; red currants, $1.75 to 

 sieve ; black currants, $1.50 to $1.25 per sieve ; 

 ies, 12 cts. to 25 cts. per lb. 

 Ieattie, of Markham, C. W., has made another 

 >n of Shorthorn and Ayrshire cattle and Leices- 

 He left Annan, Scotland, with them, April 

 was over nine weeks on the passage to Quebec, 

 arrived in good condition. 



thern Illinois, where immense quantities of 

 ire raised for Chicago, Cincinnati and other 

 ;he Honest John is said to be the earliest, best 

 productive peach. 



& Bros., of Punta de los Rejes, near San Fran- 

 fornia, who have a dairy of seven hundred cows, 

 iCese weighing 1,779 lbs. ! It was sold in San 

 at 25 cents a lb., and brought $444.75. 

 igot has just been presented with a medal by 

 ultural Society of Amiens, for the services which 

 endered to agriculture by improving the breed 



ol elm ot Maine the present season has greatly 

 that of any former year. 



Inquiries and Answers. 



sh op Wheat. — (A Young Farmer.) There is 

 er cent, of ash in wheat grain. The ash itself 

 essentially of phosphates, — phosphate of potash, 

 i of magnesia and phosphate of lime. About 

 the ash is phosphoric acid. Potash amounts to 

 e-third of the whole ash ; the magnesia to rather 

 l one-third of the potash ; and the lime to about 

 of the magnesia. We put it in this form that 

 the more easily remember it. 

 ust bear in mind, too, that by far the greater 

 f the ash is in the bran. One hundred lbs. of 

 contain only about 12 ounces of ash ; while 100 

 arse bran contain 7 lbs. of ash ! There is also 

 )sphoric acid in the ash of bran than in the ash 

 >ur. 



tK of Hops. — Do you know of any work that 

 the culture of the hop? If so, what is the price 

 'e can it be obtained ? If there is no such wurk 

 erhaps you or some of your able correspondents 

 ite an article on hop culture that would be very 

 le to your correspondent, and might be of use to 

 four readers as would like to try their luck in 

 ng. How would it do to get roots or cuttings 

 common hops, such as the farmers grow for fam- 

 If dug in the autumn, would they keep through 

 id germinate in the spring? If so, what is the 

 le of preservation ? There appears to be a difii- 

 procuriug cuttings from established hop yards in 

 lity, which perhaps is not the case elsewhere. — 

 Jones, Ivanhoe, Hastings Co., C. W. 

 -What are the distinguishing marks between the 

 I female hops ? 



ome of our experienced correspondents answer 

 e? 



Mill. — (Wm. Bennett.) Hickok's machine is an 

 t one. It grinds the apples and presses out the 

 seditiously and with little labor. It can be worked 

 or horse power. 



Endless Horse Power Thrashing Machine. — (John 

 Turner.) There are many excellent machines manufac- 

 tured in this State. It is difficult to say which is the lest. 

 We may safely say that if you get one either of Emery 

 Bros, or Wheeler, Melick & Co., of Albany, or of West- 

 inghouse & Co., Schenectady, you will have a machine that 

 will suit you. Come to our State Fair and examine the 

 various machines for yourself. 



Whitewash. — I have some picket fences that I want to 

 whitewash. Will some one who has had experience give 

 us a receipt in the Genesee Farmer for makiug it, so that 

 it will stand the weather? — Ira L. Sprague, Ontario Co., 

 N. Y. 



Literary Notices. 



NORTH AMERICA. By Anthony Trolope. 



At this time the travels of an Englishman in this country have 

 a peculiar interest. Mr. Trolope'b book would have been wel- 

 comed at any time, for, aside from his own reputation as a nov- 

 elist, an account of this counlry by a son of Mrs. Trolope, who 

 made herself so notorious here, would be worth reading. He 

 came here last autumn, and the whole tone of the book is ex- 

 ceedingly fair. In speaking of the war he takes the Northern 

 side, and appreciates the patriotism which has brought such an 

 immense army into the field. He says of our social habits what 

 all foreigners do— that women are treated with a chivalrous re- 

 spect, which they neither return or appreciate. He speaks most 

 enthusiastically of Boston, and not so much so of New York, 

 In his conclusion, he says that he has undoubtedly offended hi* 

 friends on this side of the water, and then addresses Americans 

 as "the thin-skinned," which is (he only really offensive thing in 

 the book. Of course, in our relations to Great Britain he takes 

 the English view. 



HEALTH: Its friends and'its Foes. Mussey. Boston: Gould 



& Lincoln. 



Dr. Mussy is a warm advocate of a vegetable diet. His book 

 opens with an attack on corsets, tight lacing and hoops, which, 

 with alcohol and tobacco, have his unqualified condemnation. 

 His attacks upon the habits which he consider abuses of health, 

 are much warmer than his advocacy of those which tend to pre- 

 serve it. The chapters on Bathing, Exercise and Ventilation are 

 short. There are some very good remarks on dyspepsia, and 

 some facts in regard to epilepsy, which, if they are facte, give 

 great hope that this terrible disease may be alleviated, if not en- 

 tirely cured. The closing chapter, entitled, " My own Experi- 

 ence," shows that he practices as well as preaches. 



RAVENSHOE. By Henry Kingsley, author of "Geoffroy 

 namlin," &c. 



A very interesting novel — well written, but with an elaborate 

 and rather intricate plot. Still, as the interest is sustained to the 

 close, this defect is not felt; and as each character is clearly 

 drawn and well-defined, there is no confusion, but you mingle 

 with them all, and interest yourself in their affairs as though i 

 was the most natural thin<» possible f r a man to discover that he 

 has no right to a name which he has always borne, and that ser- 

 vant and master must change places. The attempted transfor- 

 mation of a gentleman into a groom, and of a groom into a gen- 

 tleman, is well delineated — the '.atter change being the most suc- 

 cessful. 



THE BOOK OF DATS. Part V. .T. B. Lippincott & Co., 

 Philadelphia; W. & E. Chambers. Edinburg. 



We have received another part of this curious book. Its con- 

 tents are a medley of much that is worth knowing on all kinds 

 of subjects. A long account of playing-cards, and how to tell 

 fortunes with them ; a sketch of Handel and one of Sir Joshua 

 Reynolds; an article on funeral gardeners, and some anecdotes 

 of extraordinary marriages, forms part of the variety of subjects 

 which enliven the month of February. 



