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southern ports, by sending meal with the stone, and without the 

 stone, and on return of the ship, I found the meal with the stone in 

 the centre of the cask kept sweet, while the meal without the stone 

 all spoilt — sour. The cask should be water-tight. 



R. HALL. 

 Jfew-York, April 5, 1847. 



N. B. — Corn meal in tight rum puncheons, to the West-Indies, 

 will keep sweet, when in the common flour barrel, it will all spoil. 



R. H. 



Isaac Q. Underbill, of N. J. I have a particular kind of German 

 apple quince, that is in no way affected by the worm, for which I 

 have taken the first premium at the Fair of the American Institute. 

 It comes to maturity in two or three years. I have sold the quinces 

 from them for three years past, notwithstanding the low price in the 

 New- York market, at three dollars per hundred. These trees will be 

 for sale on Saturdays in each week, at No. 104 Barclay-street, N. Y. 

 at John Ball's, from 11 A. M., to 3 P. M., at two shillings each. 



C. N. Bement, of Albany. On the comparative view of raising 

 wheat in England and America. The following communication from 

 him was read. 



JVote. The communication referred to, will be found in another 

 column, copied by us from the " American Journal of Agriculture 

 and Science." 



C. N. Bement, of Albany. The following communication from him 

 on the subject of the osier willow, was read: 



Osier Willow. 



C. N. Bement presents two stalks of Osier Willow, of one year's 

 growth. I have four rows 57 feet long, the rows 3 feet apart; I 

 have just sold the spring cuttings for $4 to a German, for basket 

 making. 



Last spring I set out with cuttings \\ acre, which when four years 

 old, if they grow as vigorous and thrifty as then, four rows will pro- 

 duce at the rate of $100 per acre. 



This willow flourishes best in a wet soil, too wet for grain or 

 grasses. 



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