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ment is of very simple construction and not liable to get out of 

 order; the stream of water from the nozzle is directed by a piece 

 of rubber attached and regulated by the finger of the operator; 

 they find it admirably adapted for watering plants in pots, syring- 

 ing the leaves of the most delicate plants, and watering plants in 

 every stage of growth. 



" Fruit growers will find this little pump of great service in 

 washing trees and vines. It saves a great deal of labor in carrying 

 water from place to place, as the water can be thrown a considera- 

 ble distance, either in a stream or mist. 



"It will also be found useful for a great many domestic pur- 

 poses, such as washing carriages, windows, &c., and from its cheap- 

 ness should be put in the hands of all who have a use for such a 



convenient article. 



S. EDWARDS TODD, 



JOHN W. CHAMBERS, J ^«^"»»'^««-" 

 WASH FOR APPLE TREES. 



Mr. v. Hyde, Trumbull county, Ohio. — Eight years ago we 

 bought a farm with two orchards; they were almost without fences, 

 and the cattle had injured them so that they presented a decajdng 

 appearance; many of the trees were dead; one of the orchards 

 we almost concluded to cut down, but finally bought trees and filled 

 out both orchards; we plowed the second one and manured both, 

 trimmed the trees and washed them twice a year — in the spring 

 and fall — with weak lye, and the efiect was soon evident; the old 

 trees grew thrifty, and the young ones rapidly, and noAv we have 

 plenty of apples. 



TIME TO CUT TIMOTHY. 



Air. Seth Wetherbe, Jacksonville, Morgan county, Illinois. — I 

 have been a practical hay farmer many years, and have both fed 

 and pressed for market. I have found that the best time to cut is 

 when one-third of the heads are brown. The seed at that time is in 

 the dough, and before you can get it up it will shatter enough to 

 seed the ground a little, which is necessary to keep the meadows 

 in a healthy condition, and which, in this way, can be done for any 

 length of time. I had in my farm twenty acres which have been 

 in hay for twenty years, and the last five years the yield was one 

 and a half tons per acre. I never cut any part of it two years in 

 succession, without the seed shattering some. It was upland; I 

 never put any manure on it, and never fed any of the hay on the 



