1871. 



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over the powder, so that it may not come in 

 direct contact with it. 



Our stat(!ments are based on actual experi- 

 ence, and experinco ])robably more extensive 

 than has fallen to the lot of most others. — Dr. 

 Nichols, in Journal of Chemistry. 



OFFICERS OF AG'L SOCIETIES. 



New York State Ag"l Soctetv. — Pres., IMchard 

 Church of AlUgiuiv ; Vicf />;v s., First District. Tho.*. 

 H. F:vlle, Jr., of New York; 2d, Etlwin Thornc- of 

 Duchess; 3d, Jurian Winnu of AJbauy ; 4th, Frank D. 

 Curtis of Saratoga; 5th, James Geddes of Onondaga; 

 6th, Wra. M. Ely of Broome; 7th, Benjamin F. Angel 

 of Livingston; Sth, Horace S. Fluntlcy of Cattaraugus; 

 Cor. Sec, Thomas L. Harrison of St. Lawrence; /fee. 

 Sec, W. H. Bogart of Cayuga; Trean., Luther H. 

 Tucker of Albany; J^x. Com., Adin Thayer, Jr., of 

 Rensselaer ; Milo Ingalsbe of Washington ; Fordham 

 Morris of Westchester; Uobert J. Swan of Seneca; 

 Harris Lewis of Herkimer ; Geo. H. Brown of Duchess ; 

 Joseph Julian of Chenango; John L. Cole of Wayne. 



Bristol Clib, Me.— 7'/t.«., Thomas Herbert; Sec, 

 Dennis R. Hawley. 



CoRNisn, N. H., Farmers' and MEonANics Club.— 

 Pres., Capt. Seth Cole; Vice Pn?.'*, Chas. E. Jackson, 

 Chas. F. Higgins; .S'fc. Henry M. Day; Treux.. J. M; 

 Davidson; K.i:. Corn., Lemuel Martindale, C. P. Jenny, 

 L. H. Dow. 



Cu.MBEULAND CouNTY, Me. — Pres., Seth Scammon 

 of Scarboro; .SV'(,'., Samuel Dingley of Gorham. 



Reducing Boxes. — At a recent farmers' meet- 

 ing at Bedford, N. H., Mr. S. C. Pattee of Warner, 

 said tliat he gathers all the bones he can, and saves 

 and buys ashes, and that he reduces bones by 

 filling his arch-kettle or boiler with them, pours in 

 ashes and then water, boils an hour or so, when 

 the bones will generally show signs of dissolution. 

 They can be rcadilj' reduced in this way, and in 

 case they rusist at first, let them lie in moist ashes 

 and a few days will effect the work. 



EXTRACTS AND REPLIES. 



BCG-PllOOF PEAS. 



Mr. President of the great Xew England Far- 

 mers' Club : — As it is time for farmers to look up 

 their seed grain, and have it ready to sow the first 

 favorable time in the siiriug, I woidd like to in- 

 quire of any member present if there is a*kind of 

 pea so large, or with puds so thick, as to prevent 

 the pea bug depositmg one of its kind in every in- 

 fantile pea ? If so, will he speak up so loud that 

 all of us can hear ? The pea is a highly i)rizcd 

 crop on our heavj- clay soil, iKnng much surer and 

 easier raised than corn ; but the ravages of the 

 bug prevents our rait^ing jieas to the extent we 

 should otherwise do. Is there other food the bug 

 would live on, if the pea was not sown ? If not, 

 how long would we have to quit raising the pea, to 

 run out the bugs ? 



P.OREUS. 



Another qttcstion, Mr. President, Are the locust 

 tree borer and the apple tree borer the same animal ? 



ITCHING cattle. 



The gentleman from New Hampshire inquired 

 at the session of the 4tli lust., al)Out his cattle itch- 

 ing. If the hair is bright and the animals are look- 

 ing well, the trouble probably is thrift; remedy, 

 lessen the feed. Thriving cattle, or those "doing 

 well," as we say, lick themselves a great deal. My 

 noble friend has no occasion, I conclude, to ask 



what will kill lice. I anticipate he has foimd out 

 that a little more meal to increase the grease on the 

 inside is better than grease on the outside. My 

 remedy for lice is not to raiae /A«n, and then I have 

 no use for the patent fumigators, &e. 



WHY the butter DOn'T COME. 



Some of our members are bothered liccause the 

 cream "won't come." Well, if it is Ijoniul to not 

 "come," sell the cow and buy one that gives cream 

 that will "come." A great deal of this'butter diffi- 

 culty is not with the women who make the butter, 

 but with the men who furnish poor cows. I see 

 my time is up, Mr. President. t. b. 



'Addison County, 17., Fth. 18, 1S71. 



Remarks. — The questions of the gentleman last 

 up are now in order for the action of the "Club." 

 The Chair would remark iu relation to the subject 

 of borers, — though he fears that by his much 

 speaking he may be classed among the "bores" 

 himself, — that three different kinds of worms 

 that prey upon the locust are mentioned by Mr. 

 Harris. One is a reddish caterpillar that operates 

 only in the pith of branches and very young trees, 

 causing a swelling of the twig, which becomes brit- 

 tle and is easily broken off where the insect works. 

 This is called Eobina pseudacada. The second is 

 a grub, which remains iu the tree one year and 

 then turns to a butterfly named Clytus jndus, or 

 painted Clytus. The third is a larger wood-eater 

 and is supposed to remain in the tree three years, 

 and is named Xyleutes Rohinae,. 



The apple tree borer is a different thing from 

 either of these, and is the larv;e of a beetle called 

 Saperda hivittata. 



We often talk of the borer, the cutworm, the po- 

 tato bug, &c. But of each class there is a large 

 variety. "Borer" and "cut worm," are Avords we 

 apply to a particular stage in the life of butterflies 

 and beetles. Mr. Harris says that "nearly one 

 hundred different species of borers have Ijeen found 

 in Massachusetts, and probably many more remain 

 to be discovered ;" that is, these borers when they 

 assume their perfect state are so many different 

 kinds of butterflies, beetles, &e., though when in 

 the borer or larva state they 'have a great resem- 

 blance. 



grass seed — WHY DQX'T DEALERS ADVERTISE IT ? 



I have nine acres I wish to seed to grass the com- 

 ing spring, for mowing; the soil is a gravelly loam. 

 What varieties of seed shall I sow and liow much 

 per acre ? The common practice here is to sow 

 clover and herdsgrass, not to exceed eight pounds 

 each, per acre ; but clover is apt to winter kill ; and 

 herdsgrass starts slowly after being cut, and is 

 quite liable to be injured by drought. Now grass 

 being our main dependence here iu Vermont, can 

 we not make some improvement in the manner of 

 seeding our land ? 



AgTicultural writers reconnnend from five to 

 twelve varieties, and from twenty to fortv-three 

 pounds of seed per acre. Now as farmers in mod- 

 erate circumstances who are growing wool at forty 

 cents per pound, can hardly jifford to make a jour- 

 ney to the "Hub" every winter to learn who keep 

 all kinds of fresh grass seeds, &c., can you not, 

 Mr. Editor, stir them up with a long pole and cause 

 them to advertise their wares ? The countrj' is 

 flooded every season with the catalogues of seeds- 



