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2^W ENGLAND FAE:VIER. 



Nov. 



Rosedale 3d, half sister to the world-renowned j 

 Rosedale, is very neat and promising ; us are t'nc 

 two Duchesses lOlsi and 103d ; also Duchess 2d 

 and 3d, and Candidate's Duchess, although the 

 three latte • have but little affiii-..,y to the great 

 Bates family of the same name. We notice the 

 names of many well-known breeders in this lot, 

 (for ca'al(if;ue apply to Mr. Cochrane,) Capt. gun- 

 ter, the B()L.ths, Rev. J. Storer, Messrs. Bruere, 

 Game, Fo'jamOe, Barnes, Beatiie, Atherton, Aj'l- 

 mer and otuers. 



The white pigs are pood samples, as are also the 

 Cotswold sheej), and wo chanced to meet at Hill- 

 hurst Mr. Rauliin of lilmois, the well known 

 breeder of Berkshires, who says the new importa- 

 tion is decidedly the btst lot of pigs he ever saw 

 together. 



Grasses at the South. — The idea that success- 

 ful agriculture can exist only in connection with 

 th,e cultivation of the grasses has been urged of 

 late with much earnestness by some newspaper 

 writers, and attempts have been made to intro- 

 duce their cultivation into the Southern States. 

 A Florida correspondent of the Georgia Southern 

 Cultivator says, from what he can gather up, it 

 appears that the successful culture of the grasses 

 is a failure. Not only during the last thirty years, 

 but of late, under the excitement of grass raising, 

 it appears a failure, for Ohly now and then you 

 hear of a successful grass patch, and the country 

 is, as it was, a no grass country. And he asks the 

 question whether in Egypt, Greece and Iialy, the 

 grasses were regarded as ts.ential in the system 

 of agriculture which fi;d a densse population ; and 

 if wheat was raised in Egypt, why may it not be 

 raised in Florida? Had th.y a variety that we 

 cannot now procure ? 



A New Binder. — Attempts have been made re- 

 peatedly to attach to reaping machines an appara- 

 tus for binding the grain as fast as cut. The Ad- 

 ams, Mass., Transcript notices an invention for 

 this purpose, by L. O. Locke, which is to be at- 

 tached to the W. A. Wood reaper, manufactured 

 at Hoosic Falls, Mass. The Tra7iscript says that 

 on a recent trial the grain on an acre was cut and 

 bound in twenty-five minutes. The grain is bound 

 with fine wire, at a cost of fifteen to twenty cents 

 per acre for material. 



Vermont Hokse Stock Company. — We are 

 glad to learn by the Journal and Watchman that 

 the treasurer of this company, Mr. L. T. Tucker, 

 announces that the sum of ^25,000, which it was 

 necessary to raise beiore any active business could 

 be commenced, has been secured, and that a vigor- 

 ous prosecution of the work for which the charter 

 of the company was procured, will be speedily 

 commenced. 



—John T. Alexander, the great Illinois fanner, 

 has 34,000 acres of improved land. Last year he 

 paid out f 76,000 for wages, and sold $493,000 

 worth of live stock alone. 



PHOSPE3CTS OF THE HOP CHOP. 



As tlie b.'irvest; lor Lops is now near at hand, 

 all who are interested in this bi{i,ncb of agri- 

 culture will be desirous to Icarn the present 

 oondiiion of the plantations in Euglan<l and 

 this country, so as to loim somy idea for future 

 values. 



Mr. John A. INIorton, manager of the Hop 

 Exchange of (las city, han just completed a 

 tour of inspection through the following coun- 

 ties in New York : — Schoharie, Otsego, Che- 

 nango, Madison, Oneida and Montgomery, 

 which are the principal hop districts in that 

 State. In all i hesc counties present appear- 

 ances indicate a crop very good in quality but 

 small in (Quantity. 



In some di:^tricts the yield will be very light ; 

 many yards in Schoharie and Otsego will not 

 produce over a quarter ot a crop, while in 

 other sections the hops looked thriving. He 

 gives the opinion that two-thirds of a crop 

 this season would he a very liberal estimate 

 for New York State. Recent advices from 

 Wisconsin represent the crop light, and damage 

 to some yards by frequent showers, followed 

 by a very hot sun. In Michigan the crop will 

 be light and the acreage considerably reduced. 



Should the crop in Europe and America be 

 harvested in good condition, it is very probable 

 prices will be moderate the coming season. 

 But as the acreage and yield in the United 

 Siates will be much less this year than last, 

 hops will be likely to command a fair price. 



Advice to ail growers. When hops are 

 cheap or likely to be so, pick them as free of 

 leaves as postible ; do not gather any rusty, 

 mouldy or discolored hops ; have them prop- 

 erly cured and put up well, so as to be con- 

 sidereH a strictly prime or choice hop. Most 

 br^„v,.o would rather pay a good price for a 

 prime article than uoe inferior grades for 

 nothing. When hops are very scarce low 

 grades are saleable, but this is for the reason 

 that brewers are compelled to use such in the 

 absence of a better quality. 



To enlighten those who think hop growers 

 can afford to sell for five or six cents per 

 pound, Mr. Morton gives the cost of cultivat- 

 ing a yard of about forty acres near this city, 

 in which he has an interest. 



The following work has to be done every 

 year : — 



flettiDK poles $112 25 



GrubbiDg 70 62 



Tr iiuiitg vines 114 36 



CullivatiDg 58 i)U 



Uoein^ 63 40 



PlougbiDg twice both ways. 14^ h2 



Total , %ouo u4 



The cost of picking, drying and bailing bops 

 is equal to about eight cents per pound. Ihe 

 capital required to establish a good yard, 

 when cedar poles are used, and proper build- 

 ings for drying are constructed, is equal to 

 $300 to $400 per acre, not including the value 

 of the land. — Detroit., Mich., Post. 



