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ground till all danger of frost is past, unless they are protected. In 

 transplanting let the soil he Avcll watered, so that a Ijall of earth 

 may go with each plant, thus preventing the growth of the plant from 

 being checked. A uniform warm teni})eratnre is desirable, but the 

 plants must not be kept so liot as to grow sickly. They need all 

 the light they can get and as much fresh air as they can stand. Let 

 them have a light, I'ather than heavy, and a rich, but not over-rich 

 soil ; and if on the southeastern exposure of a hill side, all the better. 

 They should not stand less :han four feet apart. Keep the soil 

 friable; let no weeds grow ; hoe early and often. For a late crop, 

 sow in spring. The plants in place will grow till frost comes, and 

 longer, if protected. Cut out suckers ; shorten the vines, and 

 nutrition will flow to fruit instead of making fibre; nor will there 

 be loss of fruit, for most of it grows near the ground, and vines thus 

 pruned will produce larger fruit. The advantages of pruning have 

 indeed l)een questioned, but my tomatoes grow best wlien well pruned. 

 I have tried all the po]^ular varieties, and I am now satislied beyond 

 a doulit that, for family use, no other variety equals Lester's perfected 

 tomato which, although not one of the newest kinds has for years 

 been favorably known. It, however, others may difier with me on 

 the subject of varieties, I trust they nuiy coincide with me on the 

 subject of culture. 



Wheat — "Where Raised axd Where Consumed. 

 Mr. J. Disturnell read an interesting paper on the al)0ve subject, 

 alike elfecting the farmer, the mechanic, and the merchant. lie 

 showed from the census returns of 1860 that 173,104,92^: bushels 

 of wheat were raised in the United States, giving live and onedialf 

 bushels to each inhabitant. While the New England States pro- 

 duce oidy twelve quarts to each person, the middle States produced 

 nearly four bushels, the southern States three and one-half bushels, 

 and the western States ten bushels. California produced fifteen 

 bushels to each person. K"ew York, in 1800, ]-)roduced only 8,681,105 

 bushels of wheat ; or about two and one-half bushels to each 

 inhabitant. Pennsylvania, according to the census of 1850, raised 

 more wdieat than any other state in the union, 15,367,691 bushels; 

 in 1860, 13,042,165 ; or about four bushels to each person. Illinois, 

 the greatest producer in 1860, raised 23,^37,023 bushels being 

 upwards of twenty bushels for each inhabitant. In 1S70, no doubt,, 

 the greatest yield per acre will be found to be west of the Mississippi 



