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"Henry M. Eugle exhibited tiic following named 

 varietieB of raspbciTies ? Delaware, Henrietta, 

 Brandywine, Turner, Gregg, Pride of tlie Hudson 

 and the Philadelphia, all of which were red berries 

 except the Gregg, which was a black berry. The 

 Uroff is a splendid berry for market, it being solid 

 and can be carried a considerable distance without 

 Injury. The Henrietta and Brandywine are also 

 especially worthy of favorable mention. Tlie Brandy- 

 wine seems to continue to hold its owttlong since es- 

 tablished reputation among the raspberries. 



Casper Hiller exhibited a raspberry seedling from 

 the Allen and Philadelphia, which was large in size, 

 and very fine." 



.Johnson Miller exhibited four kinds of wheat— 

 lIcU Mediterranean, Kiekenbrode, Black Centennial 

 and the Amber, all of which were very Imndsonie 

 and showed to line advantage. 



Henry .M. Englc presented the Society the reports 

 of the Michigan Pomological Society for 1878 and 

 1879, for which the thanks of the Society were ten- 

 dered him. 



Question for Discussion. 



The following question was adopted for discussion 

 at the next meeting. 



What varieties of wh^at should farmerB sow this 

 fall? 



Referred Questions. 



How should land be prepared, and when should 

 wheat be sown to insure a good crop? Referred to 

 William H. Brosius. 



What is the best head of cattle for the farmer ? 

 Referred to Johnson Miller. 



The society then, on motion, adjourned. 



-FULTON FARMERS' CLUB. 

 The June meeting of the club was held at the resi- 

 dence of S. L. Gregg, Drumore township, and the 

 following visitors were present by invitation: El wood 

 M. Stubbs, Samuel Dorsey and Lewis Gregg. 



Montillion Brown exhibited Adams' extra eaily 

 sweet corn; S. L. Gregg, Rhode Island greening and 

 Ridge Pippin apples; E. H. Haines, Early Rose pota- 

 toes of this spring's growth . 



Montillion Brown inquired of the host how. he had 

 kept his peach trees alive and in such a thrifty con- 

 dition, when they had generally stood the late cold 

 winter poorly in the neighborhood. 



8. L. Gregg replied that they had had no special 

 care, except that some of them had ashes put around 

 them. They had been planted in new ground, which, 

 perhaps, had made some difl'erence. 



S. L. Gregg inquired if any one present could tell 

 whether the gleaner and binder did its work in a 

 satisfactory manner. 



Some of the members had been present at a trial of 

 one last harvest, but then it proved to be a failure.' 

 The agent claimed that the machine was not in 

 working order, some of its parts being left out. 



S. L. Gregg: At what age should clover be plowed 

 down for a fertilizer? 



J. R . Blackburn thought that just now would be a 

 very good time. 



Lindley King would let it get middling ripe and 

 then sow plaster over it. He had seen good wheat 

 raised in that way, cut grass will not takt very well 

 after it. 



Lewis Gregg said that his unole, the late John 

 Gregg, used to plow it down just before harvest. 

 He had great faith in it and raised good crops in 

 that way. 



S. Dorsey raised good wheat by plowing down 

 clover in full bloom that had been sowed among 

 corn. 



An Interesting Report. 

 E. Henry Haines then read the following report of 

 his experiments in setting milk : 



April 5th, 1881, churned the cream of 1,027 pounds 

 of milk, which had been set in cans eighteen inches 

 deep and eight inches in diameter in ice water. It 

 stood 12 hours in the ice water, and was then taken 

 out and let stand 13 hours longer in a room having 

 a temperature of about 60 degrees before skimming. 

 It produced *? pounds of butter, or one pound to a 



trifle less than 24 pounds of milk. During this trial 

 the cows were fed principally on hay and corn, meal 

 and bran, but had a chance to get a little gross each 

 day. 



April 12 I churned the cream of 1,269 ■ |)Ounds of 

 milk, which had been treated exactly as above stated 

 only the cows had more grass. It made ,1.5 pounds 

 of butter, orone pound to 3:i pounds ol milk. 



April llil churned the cream of 628 pounds of 

 milk, which had been set in shallow pans In the 

 usual way and stood from -Mi to 48 honrs, according 

 to temperature, before skimming. It produced SV/j 

 pounds of butter, or one pound to 2014' pounds of 

 milk. 



April 19, churned the cream of 464 pounds of milk 

 sot in shallow pans, which produced 24 jxiunds of 

 butter,' or one pound to IQ'/f, pounds of milk. 



April 3:5, churned the cream of 690 pounds of milk 

 set in shallow pans, and it produced 'W-^ pounds of 

 butler, or one pound to 19 pounds of milk. 



During the last week the cows were depending en 

 llrely upon pasture. 



Now changed back to the deep cans, set in ice 

 water, and April 28, chunied the cream of 660 

 pounds of milk, which gave 37 pounds of butter, or 

 one pound to 22 pounds of milk. About :« pounds 

 of ice were used to 100 pounds of milk. 



These tests were not made in any of the patcpt 

 creameries. The pans were not submerged, .t)ut 

 placed in ice water that came nearly to their top. 



If any one interested in the sale or otherwise in any 

 of the different creameries made expressly for the 

 raising of crearc in deep cans by means of ice should 

 claim that the above tests are. not fair on account of 

 the proper apparatus not being used, and are willing 

 to furnish the means, they can have an Impartial ex- 

 periment made by Mr. Haines with their favorite 

 method, and the result given to the public through 

 the newspapers. 



Viewing the Host's Farm. 

 After dinner the host conducted the members and 

 visitors over a portion of his farm, in order to show 

 the results of the application of South Carolina rock 

 to his crops, which made a favorable showing. After 

 again convening in the house a few criticisms of a 

 complimentary character were made on the appear- 

 ance of the farm and buildings. \lie literary exer- 

 cises being next in order, Allie Gregg read an article 

 entitled, "What does the average farmer live for?" 

 in which the writer centured them for not giving 

 more attention to the comforts of life or the improve- 

 ment of their minds. 



E. H. Haines said that there is a certain class of 

 writers who think that there are periods in the lives 

 of farmers when they have very little on hand w hen 

 he can improve himself, but for his part he did not 

 find them. A man after going through the cares of 

 the day does not feel like going into deep study. It 

 is as much as he can do to keep up with the current 

 news of the day. The idea of farmers having time 

 for recreation is much overrated. They have to be a 

 class of workers with their hands. 



Mabel A. Haines recited 'The Hay Harvest," by 

 Ann Preston, M. D.; Carrie Blackburn recited 

 "Neighbor John ;" E. H. Haines read an article from 

 Harper's Magazine on "Swiss Farming," also an 

 article from the Practical Farmer on "Science in 

 Farming." 



The last of these was discussed at considerable 

 length by the club, after which it adjourned to meet 

 at the residence of Wm. King, Little Britain town- 

 ship, on the first Saturday in August. 



LINN.ffiAN SOCIETY. 



A stated meeting of the society was held in the 

 ante-room of the Museum, on Saturday afternoon, 

 June 3.5th, 18S], at 2 o'clock, P. M. The official 

 chairs were occupied by Vice President T. R. Baker 

 and Secretary M. L. Davis. After formal organiza- 

 tion, the following donations were made to the Mu- 

 seum and Library. 



Museum. 



Mr. C. Bitner, grocer, of North Queen St., donated 

 14 s^pecimene of foreign and domestic woods, In fin- 



ished blocks, some of which are rare, and all are 

 interesting. They are as follows : Madagascar 

 Box Wood, Peruvian Bark Wood, Norway Pine, 

 Belgian Ash, East Indian Palm, Brazilian Sour Gum, 

 Florida Dog Wood, South Carolina Palmetto, White 

 Cedar froni Mt. Lebanon, Palestine, Japan Oak, 

 Java Red Ko«B, Central American Mahogany and 

 two specimens unnamed, which appear to be Ebony, 

 and Lignum Vitic. 



Mr. J. K. Nissley, through .Mr. J. R. Hoffer, of 

 Mount Jov, donated several larvie, and one of the 

 earth cells of the "seventeen-year cicada," the his- 

 tory of which are explained in the following com- 

 munications In the .WouiU Joy IhraUl, of this date. 

 East Donboai,, June 21, 1881. 

 Editor 3fount Joy fleraW .-—Having noticed by 

 your last week's issue that Prof. Kalhvon would like 

 to procure specimens of Locusts for scientific pur- 

 poses, would say that in excavating a cellar for a 

 tobacco building on my farm in East Donegal twp., 

 Lancaster county. Pa., three miles west of Mount 

 Joy (near the Donegal Springs), an old apple tree 

 had to be removed, where we found quite a number 

 of them about the roots, from one-and-a-half to two- 

 and-a-half feet below the surface. One was found 

 four-and-a-half feet below the surface, twenty feet 

 distant from any tree. They ecemed to be lively in 

 their snugly smoothed little houses, and crawled 

 about when relieved from their dark prisons. Have 

 also heard several among the trees between the last 

 of May and the seventh of this month. Whether 

 they were our identical seventeen-year locust I am 

 unable to say, only that their songs did not compare 

 with those of their ancestral "Pharaohs." 



I also heard a number of them In the upper end of 

 Dauphin county. Pa., twenty five miles northwest of 

 Harrisburg, near the North Central railroad, on the 

 first of June, but had not the curiosity to hunt them 

 up to see what they were like. Have secured a few 

 for the Professor, and will hand them over to you by 

 first opportunity, which vou may send to him. 



jon.v K. Nissley. 

 Nothwithstanding "The voice of the locust wa» 

 heard in the land," the specimens alluded to in 

 the above communication, evidently belong to a 

 future brood, and doubtless to that of 188.5. They 

 are smaller than the usual fully developed Insect, 

 and are all still in the larva state. 



Mrs. Zell and others, exhibited some very fine and 

 singular flowers and plants, but as no record accom- 

 panied them, it is impossible to mention them in de- 

 tail. 



And just here. The reporter of the proceedings 

 would beg leave to say, that if those who have any 

 donations or exhibitions to make, would make a 

 short descriptive record of them, as well as giving 

 their names and locality, it would be a great aid in 

 making an intelligent and satisfactory report of 

 them. Otherwise it must impose additional critical 

 labor on those who may have the l>-a8t time and 

 ability to do it justice. 



Mr. Geo. O. Heusel, Florist, of East Orange Street, 

 donated a number of specimens of the Larva, the 

 Pupir, the Imago and the Cocoons of the Chinese 

 and Japanese common silk worm, {Bonbyz mori.j 

 Mr H., during the present season, has successfully 

 reared a brood of these interesting insects, in an 

 improvised cocoonery on the second story of his 

 residence. Out of 11,000 eggs he raised 10,000 

 worms, which spun the same number of cocoons. 

 With the exception of about twenty Individuals of 

 the Japanese variety, all had sptin cocoons prior to 

 the 24th Inst. These cocoons among the Chinese 

 variety, are variously colored, from a pure white, 

 through sulphur, to pale orange, and differ in form 

 and size. The greatest uniformity in color, size and 

 shape, is among the Japanese variety. Anlong the 

 mass are quite a number of doublets, triplets, quad- 

 ruplets, quintuplets, ttc. Some theorists had alleged 

 that the male cocoon is more oblong than that of 

 the female, that it is depressed in the centre, (like a 

 double ke.-neled peanut) but Mr. H., has practical- 

 ly demonstrated that this theory Is very defective. 

 He separated, and set aside twenty such cocoons, 

 and they developed eighteen females and two males. 

 Mr. H., fed his worms on the Italian mulberry, and 

 for several days during the last "age," they de- 

 voured fifty pounds of leaves a day. 



Mr. H. also donated a specimen of the "seven- 

 teen year cicado," which evolved on bis premise* 



