808 Traxsactioxs of the Amebic an Ixstitute. 



SLi-fh. — He never puts corn nfter corn in the best of soil without 

 most liberal manuring, an j more than be would drive a favorite liorse 

 sixty miles for two days in succession. 



Seventh. — He cultivates with tlie plow or barrow, and witb these 

 alone, except a band weeding if the bill is foul. The first plowing 

 may be deep, but the successive stirrings are of the surface only. 

 The drier the weather tlie more be relies upon the tooth of the culti- 

 vator to carry biin through. 



Planting Pears. 



Mr. John E. "Waller, of Dubuque, Iowa, has planted a pear orcbard 

 on ground industriously prepared. He dug boles tbree or four feet in 

 depth, filled in witb small stones, covered these witb loam and forge 

 cinders, iron filings, &c. He asks the Club if this was the true way 

 to do. 



Mr. A. S. Fuller. — These rules about a special underdraining and 

 very deep trencbing for the pear and otber fruit trees were imported 

 from a difiTerent soil and climate. In England and some parts of 

 France tbey bave too much rain, and tbeir .orchards require special 

 attention to secure drai^iage. But witb us these precautions are not 

 needed. When be plants another orcbard, let him look mainly to the 

 riebness a,nd fine divisions of bis soil. He should plow, barrow and 

 fertilize as tbougb be were making a garden. 



Mr. J. W. Gregory, — As to iron filings, it is a question of soil ; 

 most soils bave some iron, many bave too raucb ; wbere there is a 

 deficit of iron, as happens iu granite countries and on many alluvial 

 soils, it should be added, especially for fruit trees. Color is found to 

 depend on the presence of iron, and fruits, on some soils where this 

 adnrixture is just right, show tbe most admirable tinting; on others 

 tbe coloring is dull. As a rule, if the water of a country does not 

 sbow iron, it will be safe to ap})]y it to fruit trees, and often iron is 

 required by them. 



Gapes in Cuickens. 



Mr. S. M. Disbrow, of Old Bridge, N. J., has gapes in bis chicken- 

 yard, and applies to tbe Club for a remedy. 



Mr. S. Edwards Todd. — Last summer I was at the house of a friend 

 in Western New York, wbo has 150 young turkeys, many of which 

 was suffering from this disease. I took a large horse-hair, made a 

 loop Mitb it, and carried it down tbe throats of the young turkeys. 



