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tion ill worked ground. In preparing the seed we have been in the 

 liabit of pouring boiling water upon it, and let it stand twentj-four 

 hours, tlien drain off the water, and pick out all the seeds which have 

 changed to a whitish color, and plant at once in rows in well-pre- 

 pared ground for the nursery. Repeat the operation upon the seed ; 

 the second, and probably the third time, it will all be changed and 

 ready to plant. Care should be taken to keep the plants clear from 

 weeds or grass the first year, and the seed ought not to be planted 

 until after corn is up, for fear of frost. The next spring the seedlings 

 will be large enough for their final transplanting. In Kentucky we 

 saw a grove started which promised good results. After the corn was 

 well up a locust tree from the nursery was planted near ever fourtli 

 hill of corn in the rows crossway. Most of them grew, and wdiere 

 they did not fresh ones had been planted. The next year little was 

 done except to level tlie land with a heavy harrow ; the third year a 

 plow had been run once between the rows, in the middle, to break the 

 roots. A dense growth of young trees was the consequence, and the 

 grove promised a splendid growth of locust and young hickory. TJie 

 trees might be planted to advantage among tlie pines in South Jersey, 

 and in a few years they would get such a possession of the land that 

 the pines might be cut out. If so treated there would be little trouble 

 from the borer. Thousand of waste acres could thus be made valu- 

 able land for its timber at small expense. If we owned much of that 

 kind of land, we should start a nursery this spring, and plant out 

 freely right among the pines next year. 



An Improved Horse PIarness. 

 Mr. Hiram Pennock, of Lyndonville, Orleans Co., N, Y., showed 

 a contrivance, mostly of iron, for yoking horses and making the 

 draught even and equal on both under all circumstances. It was 

 examined by Messrs. George Geddes, S. E. Todd and others. Mr. 

 Geddes thinks well of the principle, and the yoke was left with Messrs. 

 Fuller and J. C. Thompson for trial in the field. 



Market Gardening. 

 Mr. S. L. Sage, Corry, Pa. — Allow me, a stranger, young and 

 inexperienced, to trespass upon your time and patience by asking a 

 few questions which, though simple and of easy solution by older 

 heads, are of importance to me, inasmuch as I ask for practical infor- 

 mation, intending to put into practice the teachings and advice ot 



