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and that wc shall be happy to promulgate, so far as may be in our 

 power, to the agricultural community, his views with regard to the 

 proper treatment of all the domestic and inferior animals, believing, 

 as we do, that no agriculture can be just and successful that does 

 not respect the rights and provide for the comfort of the brute 

 creation. ioni^v 



]\Ir. Wm. S. Carpenter. — I not only indorse this, but would call 

 attention to farmers and others who sell their old horses, which 

 have served faithfully for many years. A law should be passed 

 to prevent this. I have a horse over twenty years old, and would 

 not take five hundred dollars for him, nor indeed would I sell him 

 at any price. 



Mr. P. T. Quinn. — As an instance of the good Mr. Bergh is 

 doing, I am glad to see that a law is now passing the Legislature 

 of New Jersey to punish cruelty to animals. 



GRAPES. 



ISIr. T. M. Younglove, of Hammondsport, presented a box of 

 fine grapes for distribution, which, considering their age, and having 

 been kept in the same room with apples, were good. 



PLANTING ORCHARDS FOR FARM USE. 



Mr. Andrew Bush, Setzler's Store, Chester county. Pa. — If you 

 have not engaged trees of a trusty nurseryman, go to the nursery 

 and select trees. Help to dig out all the roots you can. Keep 

 them from the sun and wnnd; plant by the directions accompany- 

 iug the trees. Rather than delay because you have no cash, bor- 

 row it. If you have an orchard thirty years old or more, and it is 

 in its prime, plant another. Do not expect to keep up a supply 

 of fruit by replanting missing trees in an orchard of that age, nor 

 by planting big trees in fence corners. Select a piece of fresh 

 ground, as near your buildings as may be convenient. One hun- 

 dred apple trees, of proper varieties, will supply a large family, 

 aud produce a surplus to pay expenses with, and profit in addi- 

 tion. A rod apart is good distance. Plant a freestone peach tree 

 between each apple tree, one way only, and between each peach 

 and apple, small fruits. Cultivate the rest of the ground with 

 hoed crops and keep in garden culture until the apples bear and 

 the peaches decline, plowing no nearer than four feet to the trees; 

 then lay the whole dowm to grass. Varieties: Two Bough, two 

 Ked Astrakan, four summer pie, six fall pie, twelve sweet fall 



