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Although the harrow was newly made, a pair of horses nauled 

 it with ease. There was no clogging, but all the roots and pieces 

 of sods were thrown to the rear, and left lying lightly on the 

 surface. 



For pulverizing lumpy soil and tearing to pieces decayed sods, 

 this harrow seems to possess advantages over other harrows. Yet, 

 as there was no other harrow on the ground, the committee could 

 not judge correctly of its comparative merits as a labor-saving 

 implement. 



TO GET FKUrrS WHERE THEEE ARE NO NURSERIES. 



Mr. C. Taber, an ex-nurseryman, with so much affection for the 

 trade that he does not wish to injure it, but who still wants to see 

 fruit more plenty, both in our markets and among the common 

 people, sends the following: 



" In going upon a new place, the first thing to be looked after is 

 the fruit. If a good nursery is near, and one can spend $50 to $100, 

 so much the better, but in the absence of either, or both, don't wait, 

 but go to work at once. While one is waiting, another begins 

 with the seed even, and in a few years has a bearing orchard. 

 Apple seeds sown in the spring, or better, in the fall, will fre- 

 quently make a growth the first season large enough to bud or 

 graft the next, and in five years from that time a basket may be 

 taken into the orchard. There is no mystery in raising trees. 

 They will grow on any corn land, aud they may be cultivated much 

 the same way, only they should be in drills, say ten to twelve inches 

 apart, in the roW rather than in hills. The books give such plain 

 directions about budding, one can soon learn, but it is important to 

 have thi'ifty stocks. Or, by planting the seeds of choice varieties, 

 some good sorts may be raised without grafting or budding. A 

 few native stocks frequently can be found growing wild, and by 

 transplanting and grafting in the branches, apples can be had in 

 two or three years. Peaches will bear the third or fourth year 

 from planting the pit, and by planting only fine sorts good varieties 

 may be expected. Cherries are more difficult to graft, also to get 

 fine varieties from pits; hence it is best to bud the seedlings the 

 year after planting, and being of very rapid growth they soon come 

 into bearing. Quinces, currants and grapes will grow from the 

 wood of the former season's growth, cut up into suitable lengths in 

 the fall, buried in the open ground or in the cellar, and planted in 

 the spring. A stock of quinces may be got up in this way on 



