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thater's iron mower. 

 Mr. O. Griffin, Fort Ann, N. Y., exhibited one of Thayer's iron 

 mowers, which is claimed by the inventor as the simplest, cheapest 

 and most perfect mower made — price, $100. Adjourned. 



June 25, 1867. 

 Mr. Nathan C. Ely in the chair j Mr. John W. Chambbbs, Secretary 



SCUPPERNONG GRATE IN NORTH CAROLINA. 



Mr. S. B. Woodmansie, Keuansville, N. C, writes: " The atten- 

 tion of the people of Eastern North Carolina, since the close of 

 the war, has been directed to the cultivation of the Scuppernong 

 grape, and the manufacture of wine. This is a native grape. It 

 can be found, I may say, everywhere in this part of the State, in the 

 woods and at the house of every citizen. Its indigenousness to 

 the soil, the luxuriant growth of the vine, the certainty of the 

 crop, all add to the increasing reputation of the Scuppernong. 

 From the experience of those among us who have gone into the 

 grape business extensively, it is believed that no part of the 

 habitable globe is so well adapted to the cultivation of the grape 

 as Eastern Carolina. 



" Let persons interested in the manufiicture of wine, and skilled 

 in the grape culture, come and examine for themselves. We want 

 capital and labor to develop our State, and can offer superior 

 advantages to immigrants. Land can be bought at almost any 

 price, from one to twenty dollars per acre; and on one acre from 

 sixteen to twenty-one grape vines can be set out, which in a few 

 years, with ordinary care and attention, will enable you to realize 

 $1,000 per acre clear. 



" Our people generally did not engage in the grape business 

 before the war, because their attention was absorbed in other mat- 

 ters, and they looked upon the Scuppernong as a thing of luxury 

 and not of profit. The expense and labor required to prepare and 

 cultivate a vineyard in this country are insignificant, and in time to 

 come this will certainly be a wine-producing section." 



Mr. Cal. Harris, editor of The Ohio Farmer. — In the summer 

 of 1860, I was on a tour in the South, and was treated to the wine 

 of the Scuppernong, which I decided was the finest American 



