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wished for has already been published in reply to a still earlier 

 inquirer. Therefore, to save time and trouble to all parties Mr. 

 Chambers submits the following suggestion, which is certainly worthy 

 attention. Let, say a dozen, large stout envelopes be procured (those 

 made of manila paper are the best), these are to be labeled fruit 

 culture, cereal crops, forest trees, milk, butter, and cheese, farm 

 implements, manures, and fertilizers, &c., &c. Into these should be 

 placed the articles cut from the reports of the Club and from other 

 sources. These can be afterward arranged and pasted in a blank- 

 book under proper headings. Any one who follows this plan for a 

 year or two, will find such a collection of valuable information and 

 facts that would be difficult to procure elsewhere. 



Great Impeovement in Butter Packing. 

 . Mr. Moses H. Nichols, Hancock, N. Y., showed a glass jar holding 

 ten pounds, betweeji two shelves held close upon each end with 

 screws. The mouth of the jar is dipped in cloth covered with 

 paraffine, a tasteless white wax, and a lid of soft lead. The pres- 

 sure of. the screws brings the lid to a tight fit, so that air is excluded. 

 The screws also protect the sides of the cylinder. He says June 

 butter just put down will open perfectly sweet in January, that bees 

 will fill such jar, and the honey can be conveyed in comb. It can be 

 used for preserved fruits of all sorts, as the jar can be perfectly 

 closed after taking out enough for the day. This neat and admirable 

 package he can make and sell for $1.50. All present were much 

 gratified with Mr. Xichol's device, and think it greatly superior to 

 the common tub or pail. 



Scab in Sheep. 



Mr. John T. Waddell, Henry county. Mo., wrote to say that he 

 has 300 fine wool sheep, that are losing their wool, biting and 

 scratching themselves. Some have small scabs and little pimples, 

 and some have no such signs where the wool comes off", but the skin 

 looks smooth and healthy. Would like to know the best remedy l 



Mr. F. D. Curtis. — Sheep exposed to cold storms of autumn and 

 winter will often have sore skin, and if fed too heavily on grain when 

 first put up for the winter they will lose their wool, owing to the 

 fever created by the liigh feed. The appearance of ^'scabs'' and 

 " pimples," as Mr. Waddell calls them^ leads me to think his sheep 

 have that infectious disease called "the scab," and the "pimples" 



