884 TRAysACTioxs of the American Institute. 



■well. And five poor men could run such a business without the aid 

 of several hired men. 



Some K'otes of a Journey South. 



Dr. J. E. Snodgrass, who had been on a trip to the Potomac 

 border, observing the lands and prospects for emigration — particu- 

 larly with reference to fruit lands, by way of becoming eyes and ears 

 to his associates of the Fruit Growers' Club — was called on by the 

 chairman to state the result of his observations. In responding. Dr. 

 Snodgrass gave much valual)le information. He said he would advise 

 those seeking fruit-farms, or smaller bodies of land, as " small-fisted 

 farmers " are supposed to do, not to go further south, at present, 

 than Maryland or Virginia, or I^orth Carolina at the farthest. On 

 the line of the Orange and Alexandria railroad, in Virginia, and of 

 the Loudon and Hampshire road in the same State, which runs about 

 forty or fifty miles near the Potomac, he found lands admirably 

 adapted to fruits generally — much of it, grapes particularly, being of 

 ■what the people call the " rotten-rock soil " — which can be obtained 

 for as small a price as twenty dollars an acre, and yet near Washing- 

 ton, which is no longer a village, but a growing city of 100,000 

 inhabitants, including its suburbs, and affords one of the best home 

 markets in the country, and where there are good neighborhoods and 

 good society. 



Plaster Over Clover. 



Mr. Miles Waterman, Franklin Township, Indiana, wrote to inquire 

 if plaster sowed on clover after the first crop is removed, will benefit 

 the second crop. 



Mr. S. E. Todd. — Yes, if the plaster will be advantageous at all on 

 the land in question. 



Drain Tile. 



The same correspondent asked how deep should tile be put down 

 in a field that has a clayey loam top-soil and a rather hard and tena- 

 cious subsoil. 



Mr. S. E. Todd. — He should reach the water, generally two and a 

 half feet will answer ; but sometimes it is necessary to go down a 

 foot and a half or two feet further. 



Insect Etierminators. 

 Mr. I. 1. Higgins, of Montreal, Canada, forwarded the following as 

 the most effuctive remedy against a majority of the insects which 



